Status conferral in intergroup social dilemmas: Behavioral antecedents and consequences of prestige and dominance

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 351-366

  Halevy, Nir ^a   Chou, Eileen Y ^b   Cohen, Taya R ^c   Livingston, Robert W ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchy; Intergroup conflict; Leadership; Social dilemmas; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; GAME; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861126153     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025515     Document Type: Article

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