The power of generosity to change views on social power

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1285-1290

  Brown, Margaret A ^a  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generosity; Helping behavior; Prosocial behavior; Service learning; Social dominance orientation; Social power

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051878328     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.05.021     Document Type: Article

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