Innovation Credit: When Can Leaders Oppose Their Group's Norms?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 662-678

  Abrams, Dominic ^a   Randsley de Moura, Georgina ^a   Marques, José M ^b   Hutchison, Paul ^c  

^a Centre for the Study   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deviance; innovation; leadership; prototypicality; subjective group dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CREATIVITY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CREATIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEADERSHIP; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 51449113285     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.95.3.662     Document Type: Article

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