Cognitive dissonance: the adoption of dissonance reduction strategies
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: SA Journal of Industrial Psychology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 2071-0763,0258-5200
DOI: 10.4102/sajip.v27i1.770