Stereotype activation, intellectual performance and action tendencies: The case of unemployed people;Activation du stéréotype, performance intellectuelle et intentions d'action: Le cas des personnes sans emploi

Revue Internationale de Psychologie Sociale

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 123-153

  Bourguignon, David ^a   Desmette, Donatienne ^a   Yzerbyt, Vincent ^a   Herman, Ginette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Intentions of action; Stereotype activation; Stereotype threat; Stigmatization; Unemployed people

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449158543     PISSN: 0992986X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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