Benevolently bowing out: The influence of self-construals and leadership performance on the willful relinquishing of power

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 978-983

  Ratcliff, Nathaniel J ^a   Vescio, Theresa K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Relinquishing power; Self construal; Social power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880634165     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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