United we win, divided we fail? Effects of cognitive merger representations and performance feedback on merging groups

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 412-435

  Giessner, Steffen R ^a,c   Mummendey, Amélie ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 42349115132     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.439     Document Type: Article

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