The Origins and Evolution of Leadership

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  King, Andrew J ^a,b,c   Johnson, Dominic D P ^d   Van Vugt, Mark ^e,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349778598     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.07.027     Document Type: Review

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