Affective Forecasting: Predicting and Experiencing Satisfaction With Public Transportation

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1926-1946

  Pedersen, Tore ^a   Friman, Margareta ^b   Kristensson, Per ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 79960892177     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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