Sticking Together or Falling Apart: In-Group Identification as a Psychological Determinant of Group Commitment Versus Individual Mobility

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 617-626

  Ellemers, Naomi ^a   Spears, Russell ^b   Doosje, Bertjan ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0031514581     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.72.3.617     Document Type: Article

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