Social comparison-based thoughts in groups: Their associations with interpersonal trust and learning outcomes

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1163-1180

  Molleman, Eric ^a,c   Nauta, Aukje ^b   Buunk, Bram P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Faculty of Management and Organization   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34248596322     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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