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Overview

David G. Winter is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans social sciences and psychology, with a strong focus on areas related to sociology, political science, clinical psychology, and education.

Winter's recent scholarly publications include the following:

  • "A Motivational Analysis of Russian Presidents, 1994-2018" (2020) published in Political Psychology
  • "Trust and tribulation: Racial identity centrality, institutional trust, and support for candidates in the 2020 US presidential election" (2021) published in Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy
  • "A framework for analysing careers and employability learning outcomes" (2023) published in the Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling
  • "U.S. Senators' power motivation and their votes for war versus peace." (2021) published in Peace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology
  • "Discontents, Doctrines, and Disruptions" (2021) published in Political Psychology

Frequent publication venues for Winter include:

  • Political Psychology
  • Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy
  • Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling
  • Peace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology

Their main research fields are:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

Winter's work encompasses several subfields, such as:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Education
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

The main topics covered in Winter's research include:

  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
  • Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Higher Education and Employability
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Winter has collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • Benjamin T. Blankenship
  • Tangier M. Davis
  • Maira A. Areguin
  • Özge Savaş
  • Abigail J. Stewart

Best Publications

  • The power motive.

    David G. Winter

  • Motivating economic achievement

    David C. McClelland;David G. Winter

  • Distance between Sets

    Michael Levandowsky;David Winter

  • Traits and motives : Toward an integration of two traditions in personality research

    David G. Winter;Oliver P. John;Abigail J. Stewart;Eva C. Klohnen

  • Leader Appeal, Leader Performance, and the Motive Profiles of Leaders and Followers: A Study of American Presidents and Elections

    David G. Winter

  • Threat and authoritarianism in the United States, 1978-1987.

    Richard M. Doty;Bill E. Peterson;David G. Winter

  • Authoritarianism and Attitudes toward Contemporary Social Issues

    Bill E. Peterson;Richard M. Doty;David G. Winter

  • The power motive in women―and men

    David G. Winter

  • Sowing Patriotism, But Reaping Nationalism? Consequences of Exposure to the American Flag

    Markus Kemmelmeier;David G. Winter

  • Personality: Analysis and Interpretation of Lives

    David G. Winter

  • Responsibility and the power motive in women and men

    David G Winter;Nicole B Barenbaum

  • The personalities of Bush and Gorbatchev measured at a distance: procedures, portraits and policy

    David G. Winter;Margaret G. Hermann;Walter Weintraub;Stephen G. Walker

  • A motivational model of leadership: Predicting long-term management success from TAT measures of power motivation and responsibility

    David G. Winter

  • Authoritarianism and Gender Roles: Toward a Psychological Analysis of Hegemonic Relationships

    Lauren E. Duncan;Bill E. Peterson;David G. Winter

  • History of modern personality theory and research.

    David G. Winter;Nicole B. Barenbaum

  • Power, affiliation, and war: Three tests of a motivational model.

    David G. Winter

  • Measuring personality at a distance: Development of an integrated system for scoring motives in running text.

    David G. Winter

  • Power motive reliability as a function of retest instructions.

    David G. Winter;Abigail J. Stewart

  • Things I've learned about personality from studying political leaders at a distance.

    David G. Winter

  • A new case for the liberal arts

    David G. Winter;David Clarence McClelland;Abigail J. Stewart

  • A New Case for the Liberal Arts. Assessing Institutional Goals and Student Development.

    Zelda F. Gamson;David G. Winter;David C. McClelland;Abigail J. Stewart

Frequent Co-Authors

Abigail J. Stewart
Abigail J. Stewart University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David C. McClelland
David C. McClelland Boston University
Markus Kemmelmeier
Markus Kemmelmeier University of Nevada Reno
Brent W. Roberts
Brent W. Roberts University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David P. Schmitt
David P. Schmitt Kansas State University
Oliver P. John
Oliver P. John University of California, Berkeley
Peter D. Harms
Peter D. Harms University of Alabama
Peter Suedfeld
Peter Suedfeld University of British Columbia

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