Personality and politics: Introduction to the special issue

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1595-1600

  Duncan, Lauren E ^a   Peterson, Bill E ^a   Zurbriggen, Eileen L ^b  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; PERSONALITY; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE;

COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PERSONALITY; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 78149400282     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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