Attitudes toward capital punishment: A function of leadership style, gender and personality

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-168

  Valliant, Paul M ^a   Oliver, Carrie L ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 21744460828     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.1997.25.2.161     Document Type: Article

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