The robustness of the win-win effect

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2015, Pages 139-143

  Bai, Feng ^a   Uhlmann, Eric Luis ^b   Berdahl, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSEAD ^*  (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Equality; Gender; Nations; Olympics; Performance; Sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944175902     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2015.07.005     Document Type: Article

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