Power increases performance in a social evaluation situation as a result of decreased stress responses

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 201-211

  Schmid, Petra C ^a,b   Schmid Mast, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84876078658     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1937     Document Type: Article

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