On keeping your enemies close: Powerful leaders seek proximity to ingroup power threats

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 576-591

  Mead, Nicole L ^a   Maner, Jon K ^b  

^a CATÓLICA LISBON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance; Leadership; Motivation; Power; Threat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84863750843     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025755     Document Type: Article

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