What's in a name? Status, power, and other forms of social hierarchy

The Psychology of Social Status

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 71-95

  Blader, Steven L ^a   Chen, Ya Ru ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchy; Power; Respect; Social status; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928712543     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0867-7_4     Document Type: Chapter

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