Environmental disorder leads to self-regulatory failure

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1203-1218

  Chae, Boyoun Grace ^a   Zhu, Rui Juliet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Center for AI and Institutions at CKGSB   (China)

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EID: 84897713856     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674547     Document Type: Article

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