Altruism at the ballots: Predicting political attitudes and behavior

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 130-133

  Zettler, Ingo ^a   Hilbig, Benjamin E ^b,c   Haubrich, Julia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON COLLECTIVE GOODS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altruism; HEXACO; Political orientation; Voting; Voting behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751527850     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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