The destructive nature of power without status

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 391-394

  Fast, Nathanael J ^a   Halevy, Nir ^b   Galinsky, Adam D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Hostility; Power; Role; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860395123     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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