Is charisma hyper-romanticism? Empirical evidence from new data and a meta-analysis

Applied Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 505-527

  Schyns, Birgit ^a,c   Felfe, Jörg ^b   Blank, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35649016633     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2007.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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