Is there an "I" in "Team"? the role of the self in group-serving judgments

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 108-120

  Sherman, David K ^a   Kim, Heejung S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EGO; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPORT; STUDENT;

EGO; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PEER GROUP; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPORTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 12344319227     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.88.1.108     Document Type: Article

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