Relations between high and low power groups: The importance of legitimacy

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 216-227

  Hornsey, Matthew J ^a   Spears, Russell ^b   Cremers, Iris ^b   Hogg, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intergroup relations; Legitimacy; Power

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLEGITIMACY; MALE; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLEGITIMACY; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0037261193     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167202239047     Document Type: Article

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