A theory of leadership in human cooperative groups

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 265, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 633-646

  Hooper, Paul L ^a   Kaplan, Hillard S ^a   Boone, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Free rider problem; Hierarchy; Leadership; Social complexity

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GAME THEORY; LEADERSHIP; MODELING; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOGRAPHY; LEADERSHIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; PRODUCTIVITY; PUNISHMENT; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TEAMWORK; THEORETICAL MODEL; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; GAME; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TAX;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEGOTIATING; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TAXES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 77954522192     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.05.034     Document Type: Article

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