Superordinate and subgroup identification as predictors of intergroup evaluation in common ingroup contexts

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 493-513

  Stone, Catriona H ^a,c   Crisp, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common ingroup identity; Distinctiveness threat; Identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 36349004119     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430207081537     Document Type: Article

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