Individualism and attitudes toward affirmative action: Evidence from priming experiments

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-119

  Kemmelmeier, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 0038794024     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324834BASP2502_2     Document Type: Article

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