Dilemmas of academic practice: Perceptions of superiority among social psychologists

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 675-685

  Van Lange, Paul A M ^a   Taris, Toon W ^a   Vonk, Roos ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Free University at Amsterdam ^*

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EID: 0031515951     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199711/12)27:6<675::AID-EJSP838>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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