Putting the "psychic" back in psychic distance: Awareness, perceptions, and understanding as dimensions of psychic distance

Journal of International Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-24

  Nebus, James ^a   Chai, Kah Hin ^b  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Awareness; Cognitions; Context; Decision making; Perceptions; Psychic distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893784188     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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