Linking birth order to political leadership: The impact of parents or sibling interaction?

Political Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 605-623

  Andeweg, Rudy B ^a   Van Den Berg, Steef B ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birth order; Parent child interactions; Political leadership; Sibling interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043033002     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00343     Document Type: Article

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