Defining dimensions of distinctiveness: Group variability makes a difference to differentiation

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1481-1492

  Jetten, Jolanda ^a,b   Spears, Russell ^a   Manstead, Antony S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0032361470     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.6.1481     Document Type: Article

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