Temporal causal links between outgroup attitudes and social categorization: The case of Hong Kong 1997 transition

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 265-288

  Hong, Ying Yi ^a   Liao, Hsin Ya ^a   Chan, Gloria ^b   Wong, Rosanna Y M ^c   Chiu, Chi Yue ^a   Ip, Grace Wai Man ^d   Fu, Ho Ying ^e   Hansen, Ian G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d Hong Kong Shue Yan College   (Hong Kong)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Identity; Outgroup attitudes; Political transition; Social categorization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645468856     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430206062081     Document Type: Article

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