Persuasion from majority and minority groups

Attitudes and Attitude Change

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 361-384

  Martin, Robin ^a   Hewstone, Miles ^b   Martin, Pearl Y ^a   Gardikiotis, Antonis ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203838068     Document Type: Chapter

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