Power and choice: Their dynamic interplay in quenching the thirst for personal control

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1042-1048

  Inesi, M Ena ^a   Botti, Simona ^a   Dubois, David ^b   Rucker, Derek D ^c   Galinsky, Adam D ^c  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HEC PARIS   (France)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

choice; control; power; substitutability; threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051629401     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611413936     Document Type: Article

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