Is gossip power? The inverse relationships between gossip, power, and likability

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 574-579

  Farley, Sally D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

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EID: 79960745156     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.821     Document Type: Article

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