A status-enhancement account of overconfidence

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 718-735

  Anderson, Cameron ^a   Brion, Sebastien ^b   Moore, Don A ^a   Kennedy, Jessica A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Overconfidence; Person perception; Power; Self perception; Status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874487261     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029395     Document Type: Article

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