This article examines the implications of adopting concrete and abstract purchase goals over several stages of information processing. Results are reported from a computerized experiment that demonstrates three important goal effects. At the acquisition stage, goals guide information exposure, induc
Evidentiality and trust: The effect of informational goals
β Scribed by Stanka A. Fitneva
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 77 KB
- Volume
- 2009
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1520-3247
- DOI
- 10.1002/cd.249
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