The role of threat in attitudes toward affirmative action and its beneficiaries

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-74

  Renfro, C Lausanne ^a   Duran, Anne ^b   Stephan, Walter G ^a   Clason, Dennis L ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644910438     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00003.x     Document Type: Review

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