Social identity, relative group status and intergroup attitudes: When favourable outcomes change intergroup relations...for the worse

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 739-760

  Guimond, Serge ^a,b   Dif, Stéphane ^a   Aupy, Annabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

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EID: 0036435103     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.118     Document Type: Article

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