Identity entrepreneurship and the consequences of identity failure: The dynamics of leadership in the BBC prison study

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-147

  Alexander Haslam, S ^a   Reicher, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34547143796     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019027250707000204     Document Type: Article

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