The primacy of agency over competence in status perception

Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 347-356

  Carrier, Antonin ^a   Louvet, Eva ^a   Chauvin, Bruno ^a   Rohmer, Odile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Agency; Competence; Social judgment; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907951161     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: 21512590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000176     Document Type: Article

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