Like water and vapor-conformity and independence in the large group

Behavioral Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 136-150

  Tarnow, Eugen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Collective phenomena; Conformity; Crowd; Large group; Phase transitions; Phases

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342516280     PISSN: 00057940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bs.3830410204     Document Type: Article

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