The effects of social change within a group on membership preferences: To leave or not to leave?

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 595-609

  Prislin, Radmila ^a,b   Christensen, P Niels ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exit; Identification; Majority; Minority; Social change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 18144413580     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204271564     Document Type: Article

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