The Distinct Influence of Cognitive Busyness and Need for Closure on Cultural Differences in Socially Desirable Responding

Research suggests that cognitive busyness and need for closure have similar effects on a host of consumer phenomena, leading some researchers to treat the two variables as substitutes. We propose that cognitive busyness and need for closure have distinct roots and can have different effects. We exam...

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Published in:The Journal of consumer research 2009-08, Vol.36 (2), p.305-316
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Consumer behavior
Consumer motivation
Consumer surveys
Cultural differences
Culture
Decision making
Ethnicity
Judgment
Motivation research
Normativity
Observational research
Saliency
Social interaction
Studies
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