Comparative processes in personal and group judgments: Resolving the discrepancy

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 320-338

  Postmes, Tom ^a   Branscombe, Nyla R ^c   Spears, Russell ^a   Young, Heather ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

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EID: 0033413939     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.76.2.320     Document Type: Article

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