What do we get out of influencing others?

Social Influence

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 96-121

  Bourgeois, Martin J ^a   Sommer, Kristin L ^b   Bruno, Stefanie ^b  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Conformity; Goals; Obedience; Persuasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 61649094529     PISSN: 15534510     EISSN: 15534529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15534510802465360     Document Type: Article

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