Constructing a minority group identity out of shared rejection: The case of international students

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Schmitt, Michael T ^a   Spears, Russell ^b   Branscombe, Nyla R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0037241287     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.131     Document Type: Article

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