Implicit coordination: Sharing goals with similar others intensifies goal pursuit

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1291-1294

  Shteynberg, Garriy ^a   Galinsky, Adam D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group process; Shared experience; Shared goal; Social identity; Social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051875023     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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