When people would rather switch than fight: Out-group favoritism among temporary employees

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 533-546

  von Hippel, Courtney D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Out group favoritism; Social identity theory; Temporary employees; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749618613     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430206067556     Document Type: Article

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