The money attitude of covert and overt narcissists

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-165

  Ng, Henry K S ^a   Tam, Kim Pong ^b   Shu, Tse Mei ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Approach avoidance orientation; Covert narcissism; Fear of social evaluation; Money attitude; Need for power; Overt narcissism; Social dominance orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955611319     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.03.036     Document Type: Article

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