The pursuit of status in social groups

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 295-298

  Anderson, Cameron ^a   Kilduff, Gavin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Groups; Hierarchy; Power; Status; Status striving

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849085201     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01655.x     Document Type: Article

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