The effects of power on those who possess it: How social structure can affect social cognition

Foundations of Social Cognition: A Festschrift in Honor of Robert S. Wyer, Jr.

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 237-262

  Greenspan, Deborah A ^a   Keltner, Dacher J ^b   Anderson, Cameron ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410609465     Document Type: Chapter

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