Actors, observers, and attributions for third world poverty: Contrasting perspectives from malawi and australia

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-202

  Carr, Stuart C ^a   Maclachlan, Malcolm ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 0032363392     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224549809600370     Document Type: Article

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