Humility-based persuasion: Individual differences in elicited emotions and politician evaluation

International Journal of Communication

Volumn 14, Issue , 2020, Pages 3007-3026

  D'Errico, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Political emotions; Political humility; Political persuasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 85098998851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19328036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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