Group status and attributions to discrimination: Are low- or high-status group members more likely to blame their failure on discrimination?

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 821-837

  Ruggiero, Karen M ^b   Major, Brenda N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032140708     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167298248004     Document Type: Article

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