Ability and outcome evaluations as a function of personal and collective (dis)advantage: A group escape from individual bias

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 690-704

  Smith, Heather J ^a   Spears, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*

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EID: 0030305148     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167296227004     Document Type: Article

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