Uncertainty-Identity Theory: Extreme Groups, Radical Behavior, and Authoritarian Leadership

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 436-454

  Hogg, Michael A ^a   Adelman, Janice ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; LEADERSHIP; POLITICAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNCERTAINTY ROLE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84883646450     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josi.12023     Document Type: Article

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