Breaking the rules to rise to power: How norm violators gain power in the eyes of others

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 500-507

  van Kleef, Gerben A ^a   Homan, Astrid C ^b   Finkenauer, Catrin ^b   Gündemir, Seval ^b   Stamkou, Eftychia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Norm violation; Power; Volition

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051724328     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611398416     Document Type: Article

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