The context of control: A cross-national investigation of the link between political institutions, efficacy, and collective action

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 575-605

  Corcoran, Katie E ^a   Pettinicchio, David ^a   Young, Jacob T N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROL; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; POLITICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82455217418     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2011.02076.x     Document Type: Article

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