Immigration from the perspective of hosts and immigrants: Roles of psychological essentialism and social identity

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-140

  Bastian, Brock ^a   Haslam, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Essentialism; Immigration; Implicit theories; Prejudice; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749087601     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2008.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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