Psychological distance and group judgments: The effect of physical distance on beliefs about common goals

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1330-1341

  Henderson, Marlone D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Common goals; Construal; Entitativity; Physical distance; Psychological distance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CULTURE; FEMALE; GOALS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JUDGMENT; LEADERSHIP; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 70349202979     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209340905     Document Type: Article

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