The elusive situation in social psychology

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 4-13

  Seeman, Melvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031476117     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2787008     Document Type: Article

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