When norms loom larger than the self: Susceptibility of preference-choice consistency to normative influence across cultures

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 129, Issue , 2015, Pages 70-79

  Savani, Krishna ^a   Wadhwa, Monica ^b   Uchida, Yukiko ^c   Ding, Yu ^d   Naidu, N V R ^e  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSEAD   (Singapore)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e M S RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Choice; Consistency; Culture; Norms; Preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930817846     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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