Asians as the model minority: Implications for US Government's policies

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-52

  Chao, Melody Manchi ^a   Chiu, Chi Yue ^a,b   Lee, Jamee S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian; Government policies; Lay theory; Model minority

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649107670     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2010.01299.x     Document Type: Article

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