Prejudice and intergroup attributions: The role of personalization and performance feedback

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 391-410

  Ensari, Nurcan ^a   Miller, Norman ^b  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Feedback; Personalization; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644451514     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430205056467     Document Type: Article

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