Giving Time Gives You Time

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1233-1238

  Mogilner, Cassie ^a   Chance, Zoë ^b   Norton, Michael I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

helping; prosocial behavior; time perception; volunteering; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867640525     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612442551     Document Type: Article

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