Cognitive responses to minority- or majority-based communications: Factors that underlie minority influence

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-121

  Alvaro, Eusebio M ^a   Crano, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0030552302     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1996.tb01086.x     Document Type: Article

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