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Philosopher‐King or Polarizing Politician? A Personality Profile of Barack Obama
dc.contributor.authorWinter, David G.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-05T18:32:43Z
dc.date.available2013-02-01T20:26:17Zen_US
dc.date.issued2011-12en_US
dc.identifier.citationWinter, David G. (2011). "Philosopher‐King or Polarizing Politician? A Personality Profile of Barack Obama." Political Psychology 32(6). <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/88035>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0162-895Xen_US
dc.identifier.issn1467-9221en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/88035
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Incen_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.subject.otherBarack Obamaen_US
dc.subject.otherU.S. Presidenten_US
dc.subject.otherPower Motivationen_US
dc.subject.otherAchievement Motivationen_US
dc.subject.otherEmotional Stability [Or “Calmness”]en_US
dc.subject.otherOperational Codeen_US
dc.subject.otherRaceen_US
dc.subject.otherRacismen_US
dc.titlePhilosopher‐King or Polarizing Politician? A Personality Profile of Barack Obamaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPolitical Scienceen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelGovernment, Politics and Lawen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.identifier.pmid21700249en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/88035/1/j.1467-9221.2011.00852.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1467-9221.2011.00852.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourcePolitical Psychologyen_US
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