title: Why personality differences matter for social functioning and social structure.
abstract: We outline three main ways how personality differences can affect social functioning and social structure. By highlighting the broad and significant consequences that personality differences can have for social processes, our article might serve as a starting point for a research focus that aims at a systematic understanding of these consequences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Mueggelseedamm 310, 12587 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: m.wolf@igb-berlin.de.
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Mueggelseedamm 310, 12587 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krause
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D010551:Personality; D011340:Problem Solving; D012919:Social Behavior
keywords: coordination; individual differences; social competition; social network; social responsiveness; swarm intelligence