Who Is This "We"? Levels of Collective Identity and Self Representations

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-93

  Brewer, Marilynn B ^a   Gardner, Wendi ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030514122     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.71.1.83     Document Type: Article

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