Things i've learned about personality from studying political leaders at a distance

Journal of Personality

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 557-584

  Winter, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEADERSHIP; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; POLITICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; COGNITION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LEADERSHIP; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; POLITICS;

EID: 18844422806     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2005.00321.x     Document Type: Article

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