Evidence of Non-Corresponsive Causal Relationships Between Personality Traits and Social Power Over Time

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 33-45

  Wood, Dustin ^a   Harms, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

corresponsive principle; group processes; personality; power; social influence

Indexed keywords

GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PERSONALITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PERSONALITY TEST; SOCIAL HIERARCHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLLEGE FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85008258247     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167216675330     Document Type: Article

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