The categorization of time and its impact on task initiation

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 810-822

  Tu, Yanping ^a   Soman, Dilip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84906985815     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677840     Document Type: Article

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