Leadership in social dilemmas: The effects of group identification on collective actions to provide public goods

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 587-599

  Van Vugt, Mark ^a   De Cremer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033425339     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.76.4.587     Document Type: Article

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