Derogating black sheep: Individual or group protection?

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 602-609

  Eidelman, Scott ^a   Biernat, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Black sheep; Ingroup deviance; Similarity; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242485534     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1031(03)00042-8     Document Type: Article

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