Epistemic motivation and perpetuation of group culture: Effects of need for cognitive closure on trans-generational norm transmission

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 129, Issue , 2015, Pages 105-112

  Livi, Stefano ^a   Kruglanski, Arie W ^b   Pierro, Antonio ^a   Mannetti, Lucia ^a   Kenny, David A ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformity; Epistemic motivations; Need for cognitive closure; Norms transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930819206     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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