To think or not to think: The effect of cognitive deliberation on the influence of injunctive versus descriptive social norms

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 709-729

  Melnyk, Vladimir ^a   Herpen, Erica van ^b   Fischer, Arnout R H ^b   Van Trijp, Hans C M ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79957959302     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20408     Document Type: Article

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