Power Reduces the Press of the Situation: Implications for Creativity, Conformity, and Dissonance

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1450-1466

  Galinsky, Adam D ^a   Magee, Joe C ^b   Gruenfeld, Deborah H ^c   Whitson, Jennifer A ^d   Liljenquist, Katie A ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conformity; creativity; dissonance; influence; power

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 57949113296     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012633     Document Type: Article

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