The role of motivation, responsibility, and integrative complexity in crisis escalation: Comparative studies of war and peace crises

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 920-937

  Winter, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Conflict escalation; Power motivation; Responsibility; War

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WAR;

ACHIEVEMENT; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; WAR;

EID: 34248527667     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.92.5.920     Document Type: Article

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