Taking a Turn Toward the Masculine: The Impact of Mortality Salience on Implicit Leadership Theories

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 374-381

  Hoyt, Crystal L ^a   Simon, Stefanie ^b   Innella, Audrey N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84856113228     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2011.614173     Document Type: Article

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