Motives for social Influence after social change: Are new majorities power hungry?

Social Influence

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 200-215

  Christensen, P Niels ^a   Prislin, Radmila ^b   Jacobs, Elizabeth ^c  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Influence; Majority; Minority; Power; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249149083     PISSN: 15534510     EISSN: 15534529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15534510802591694     Document Type: Article

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