High and Mighty: Height Increases Authority in Professional Refereeing
Throughout the animal kingdom, larger males are more likely to attain social dominance. Several lines of evidence suggest that this relationship extends to humans, as height is positively related to dominance, status and authority. We hypothesized that height is also a determinant of authority in pr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2012-07-01
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| Series: | Evolutionary Psychology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491201000314 |