'Big' men: Male leaders' height positively relates to followers' perception of charisma

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 190-192

  Hamstra, Melvyn R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Charisma; Height; Leadership; Physical characteristics; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885485022     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.08.014     Document Type: Article

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