Evolutionary Approaches to Group Dynamics: An Introduction

Group Dynamics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Van Vugt, Mark ^a   Schaller, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

evolutionary psychology; group dynamics; intergroup conflict; leadership; special issue

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949088931     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2699.12.1.1     Document Type: Article

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