Something to gain or something to lose? Affirmative action and regulatory focus emotions

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-213

  Ellemers, Naomi ^a   Scheepers, Daan ^a   Popa, Alina Mariana ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Emotions; Group disadvantage; Regulatory focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649324300     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430209343296     Document Type: Article

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