Ostracism increases social susceptibility

Social Influence

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 143-153

  Carter Sowell, Adrienne R ^a   Chen, Zhansheng ^a   Williams, Kipling D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Ostracism; Rejection; Social exclusion; Social susceptibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249100169     PISSN: 15534510     EISSN: 15534529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15534510802204868     Document Type: Article

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