Facing the situation: Testing a biosocial contingency model of leadership in intergroup relations using masculine and feminine faces

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-280

  Spisak, Brian R ^a   Homan, Astrid C ^a   Grabo, Allen ^a   Van Vugt, Mark ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Face perception; Intergroup relations; Leadership; Masculine feminine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856033825     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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