Self-categorization and the explanation of Ethnic discrimination

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 395-407

  Verkuyten, Maykel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attribution; Discrimination; Ethnicity; Self categorization; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032281724     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1298(199811/12)8:6<395::aid-casp475>3.0.co;2-3     Document Type: Article

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