Why do the privileged resort to oppression? A look at some intragroup factors

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 769-790

  Postmes, Tom ^a,b   Smith, Laura G E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUTURE PROSPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 70449679069     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2009.01624.x     Document Type: Article

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