The power to be me: Power elevates self-concept consistency and authenticity

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 974-980

  Kraus, Michael W ^a   Chen, Serena ^b   Keltner, Dacher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Power; Self concept consistency; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959514830     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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