Power, emotion, and judgmental accuracy in social conflict: Motivating the cognitive miser

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-21

  Ebenbach, David H ^a   Keltner, Dacher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032340604     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2001_2     Document Type: Article

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