To identify or not to identify? National disidentification as an alternative reaction to perceived ethnic discrimination

Applied Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-128

  Jasinskaja Lahti, Inga ^a   Liebkind, Karmela ^a   Solheim, Erling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 58149157592     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2008.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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