Self-serving interpretations of flattery: Why ingratiation works

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 515-526

  Vonk, Roos ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AFFECT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 85047671891     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.82.4.515     Document Type: Article

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