Affiliation and Dominance in Female and Male Dyads: When Discoordination Makes Happy

Gender Issues

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 201-235

  Stevanovic, Melisa ^a   Henttonen, Pentti ^a   Kahri, Mikko ^a   Koski, Sonja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Conversation; Dominance; Gender differences; Interpersonal theory; Joystick method

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063109298     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-018-9218-0     Document Type: Article

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