Dissidence from within: Examining the effects of intergroup context on group members' reactions to attitudinal opposition

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-169

  Matheson, Kimberly ^a   Cole, Barbara ^a   Majka, Karen ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diversity; Group identity; Intragroup dissension; Social context

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037361390     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1031(02)00515-2     Document Type: Article

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