Helping individuals or group members? The role of individual and collective identification in AIDS volunteerism

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 497-506

  Simon, Bernd ^a   Stürmer, Stefan ^b   Steffens, Kerstin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 0038831429     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167200266008     Document Type: Article

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