Control, Interdependence and Power: Understanding Social Cognition in Its Social Context

European Review of Social Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-61

  Fiske, Susan T ^a   Dépret, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

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EID: 85051130003     PISSN: 10463283     EISSN: 1479277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14792779443000094     Document Type: Article

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