Dominance and Prestige: Dual Strategies for Navigating Social Hierarchies

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 129-180

  Maner, J K ^a   Case, C R ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance; Evolution; Groups; Hierarchy; Leadership; Power; Prestige

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEADERSHIP; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SKILL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84959877989     PISSN: 00652601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.aesp.2016.02.001     Document Type: Chapter

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