Illusory Power Transference: The Vicarious Experience of Power

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 593-621

  Goldstein, Noah J ^a   Hays, Nicholas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

assimilation; contrast; power; social comparison; vicarious experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871785534     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001839212440972     Document Type: Article

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