Theory of Mind and Empathic Explanations of Machiavellianism: A Neuroscience Perspective

Journal of Management

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1760-1798

  Bagozzi, Richard P ^a   Verbeke, Willem J M I ^b   Dietvorst, Roeland C ^c   Belschak, Frank D ^d   van den Berg, Wouter E ^b   Rietdijk, Wim J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c European Institute for Brand Management   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

empathy; functional magnetic resonance imaging; Machiavellianism; neuroscience; organizational behavior; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878346101     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206312471393     Document Type: Article

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