Striving for personal power as a basis for social power dynamics

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 537-556

  Van Dijke, Marius ^a   Poppe, Matthijs ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33746608612     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.351     Document Type: Conference Paper

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