The attraction of social power: The influence of construing power as opportunity versus responsibility

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 550-555

  Sassenberg, Kai ^a   Ellemers, Naomi ^b   Scheepers, Daan ^b  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Opportunity; Regulatory focus; Responsibility; Social power; Social values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857142529     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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