Identity needs versus social opportunities: The use of group-level and individual-level identity management strategies

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-65

  Ellemers, Naomi ^a   Van Rijswijk, Wendy ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040360785     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2787011     Document Type: Article

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