Helping one's way to the top: Self-monitors achieve status by helping others and knowing who helps whom

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1123-1137

  Flynn, Francis J ^a,d   Reagans, Ray E ^b,c   Amanatullah, Emily T ^a   Ames, Daniel R ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange relations; Helping; Self monitoring; Social status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROL; COOPERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STUDENT;

AWARENESS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 33845270770     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.91.6.1123     Document Type: Article

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