Who should rule? Does personality matter?

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-14

  Nystedt, Lars ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0031514159     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0984(199703)11:1<1::AID-PER275>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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