Power, Leadership, and Self-Regulation

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 619-630

  Ent, Michael R ^a   Baumeister, Roy F ^a   Vonasch, Andrew J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84864526963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2012.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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