Does a competent leader make a good friend? Conflict, ideology and the psychologies of friendship and followership

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 286-293

  Laustsen, Lasse ^a   Petersen, Michael Bang ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adaptationism; Facial dominance; Followership psychology; Ideology; Leader preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929835613     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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