Can't finish what you started? The effect of climactic interruption on behavior

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 113-119

  Kupor, Daniella M ^a   Reich, Taly ^a   Shiv, Baba ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Interruption; Need for psychological closure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920180443     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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