Vigilant self-regulation, cues of being watched and cooperativeness

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 363-372

  Keller, Johannes ^a   Pfattheicher, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Interpersonal sensitivity; Prosocial behaviour; Regulatory focus; Reputation; Self regulation; Social dilemma

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053124086     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.797     Document Type: Article

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