The anticipation of a severe initiation: Gender differences in effects on affiliation tendency and group attraction

Small Group Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 237-262

  Lodewijkx, Hein F M ^a,b   Van Zomeren, Martun ^b,c   Syroit, Jef E M M ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Cognitive dissonance; Gender differences; Group attraction; Initiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244404967     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496404272381     Document Type: Article

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