The cognitive processing of politics and politicians: Archival studies of conceptual and integrative complexity

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1669-1702

  Suedfeld, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONFLICT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 78149381022     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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