Watching over your own: How surveillance moderates the impact of shared identity on perceptions of leaders and follower behaviour

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1046-1061

  O'Donnell, Aisling T ^a   Jetten, Jolanda ^a,b   Ryan, Michelle K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 78149346979     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.701     Document Type: Article

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