Effects of contact and personality on intergroup attitudes of different professionals

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 171-181

  Liebkind, Karmela ^a   Haaramo, Juha ^a   Jasinskaja Lahti, Inga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Familiarity; Immigrants; Individuation; Intergroup contact; Outgroup attitudes; Prejudice; Professionals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034178011     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1298(200005/06)10:3<171::AID-CASP557>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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