Revisiting the agentic shift: Weakening personal control increases susceptibility to social influence

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 824-831

  Fennis, Bob M ^a,b   Aarts, Henk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84870242803     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1887     Document Type: Article

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