Come on and take a free ride: Contributing to public goods in native and foreign language settings

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 268-286

  Urbig, Diemo ^a   Terjesen, Siri ^b   Procher, Vivien ^a,c   Muehlfeld, Katrin ^d   Van Witteloostuijn, Arjen ^e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^c RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Trier University   (Netherlands)

^e TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^g CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84978884043     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amle.2014.0338     Document Type: Article

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