Power and personality perception in real-life hierarchical relationships

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-168

  Leikas, Sointu ^a   Lönnqvist, Jan Erik ^a   Verkasalo, Markku ^a   Nissinen, Vesa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Deep Lead Organization   (Finland)

Author keywords

Big Five; Hierarchy; Person perception; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876481456     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.1849     Document Type: Article

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