For better or for worse: The congruence of personal and group outcomes on targets' responses to discrimination

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 576-591

  Stroebe, Katherine ^a   Ellemers, Naomi ^a   Barreto, Manuela ^a   Mummendey, Amélie ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 67650254734     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.557     Document Type: Article

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