The backlash of token mobility: The impact of past group experiences on individual ambition and effort

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1433-1445

  Barreto, Manuela ^a   Ellemers, Naomi ^a   Palacios, Maria Soledad ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspirations; Disadvantage; Discrimination; Individual mobility; Meritocracy; Social structure; Token system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL MOBILITY; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 7544226159     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204264336     Document Type: Article

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