Levels of consensus and majority and minority influence

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 645-665

  Martin, Robin ^a   Gardikiotis, Antonis ^b   Hewstone, Miles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036039304     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.113     Document Type: Article

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