The effect of a power-imbalanced situation on the cognitive processing of low-power group members

Group Dynamics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-83

  Coutant, Dawna K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Impression formation; Intergroup dynamics; Power; Social cognition; Social perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; GAME; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33646500350     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2699.10.1.71     Document Type: Article

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