Beliefs about poverty and opportunity among mexican immigrant farm workers

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1132-1149

  Bullock, Heather E ^a   Waugh, Irma Morales ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 28044466437     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02163.x     Document Type: Article

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