Virtues, Vices, and Political Influence in the U.S. Senate

Psychological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 85-93

  ten Brinke, Leanne ^a   Liu, Christopher C ^b   Keltner, Dacher ^c   Srivastava, Sameer B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

individual differences; open data; organizations; social influence

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MORALITY; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MORALS; POLITICS; UNITED STATES; VIRTUES;

EID: 84954186565     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615611922     Document Type: Article

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