Selfish or servant leadership? Evolutionary predictions on leadership personalities in coordination games

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-236

  Gillet, Joris ^a   Cartwright, Edward ^b   Vugt, Mark van ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict; Coordination; Evolution; Leadership; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958092101     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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