Affiliation-seeking among the powerless: Lacking power increases social affiliative motivation

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 378-385

  Case, Charleen R ^a,b   Conlon, Kyle E ^c   Maner, Jon K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84928273914     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2089     Document Type: Article

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