Social categorization as a function of relative group size

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-156

  Van Twuyver, Mariette ^a   Van Knippenberg, Ad ^a  

^a B and A Group   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0033440477     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466699164095     Document Type: Article

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