Who do we think we are? The effects of social context and social identification on in-group stereotyping

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 161-174

  Van Rijswijk, Wendy ^a,d   Haslam, S Alexander ^b   Ellemers, Naomi ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 33645943394     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466605X39475     Document Type: Article

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