Ranks and rivals: A theory of competition

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 970-982

  Garcia, Stephen M ^a   Tor, Avishalom ^b   Gonzalez, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Choice behavior; Competition; Decision making; Social capital; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRIVE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; UNITED STATES;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DRIVE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33744813244     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206287640     Document Type: Article

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