Does multiple categorization reduce intergroup bias?

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 76-89

  Crisp, Richard J ^a   Hewstone, Miles ^b   Rubin, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035529269     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167201271007     Document Type: Article

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