The effect of construal level on predictions of task duration

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1037-1047

  Kanten, Alf Børre ^a,b  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Construal level; Psychological distance; Task duration; Time estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051869900     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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