Social influence and personality

The Oxford Handbook of Social Influence

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 53-68

  Nezlek, John B ^a,b   Smith, C Veronica ^c  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance proneness; Dependent personality; Desire for control; Machiavellianism; Social influence tactics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052926868     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199859870.013.15     Document Type: Chapter

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