Representations of the group-as-a-whole: Personality, situational, and dynamic determinants

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 403-425

  Greene, Les R ^a  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FANTASY; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN RELATION; PERSONALITY; THEORY;

EID: 0032815676     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0736-9735.16.3.403     Document Type: Article

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