The Personal Sense of Power

Journal of Personality

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 313-344

  Anderson, Cameron ^a   John, Oliver P ^a   Keltner, Dacher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858003024     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00734.x     Document Type: Article

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