The pursuit of status: A self-presentational perspective on the quest for social value

The Psychology of Social Status

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 159-178

  Leary, Mark R ^a   Jongman Sereno, Katrina P ^a   Diebels, Kate J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impression management; Presentation; Relational value; Self; Social value; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893456578     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0867-7_8     Document Type: Chapter

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