Personal/group discrimination discrepancy: Towards a two-factor explanation

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-202

  Taylor, Donald M ^a   Ruggiero, Karen M ^b   Louis, Winnifred R ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030521464     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0008-400X.28.3.193     Document Type: Article

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