Cross-cultural impressions of leaders' faces: Consensus and predictive validity

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 833-841

  Rule, Nicholas O ^a   Ishii, Keiko ^b   Ambady, Nalini ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Consensus; Culture; Face perception; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355169767     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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