Social identity and individual productivity within groups

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 389-413

  Worchel, Stephen ^a   Rothgerber, Hank ^b   Day, Eric Anthony ^b   Hart, Darren ^b   Butemeyer, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PRODUCTIVITY; SELF CONCEPT; WORK;

ADULT; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; WORK;

EID: 0345983433     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1998.tb01181.x     Document Type: Article

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