Responding to negative social identity: A taxonomy of identity management strategies

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 697-729

  Blanz, Mathias ^a   Mummendey, Amélie ^b   Mielke, Rosemarie ^b   Klink, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040163455     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(199809/10)28:5<697::aid-ejsp889>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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