Identity and intergroup leadership: Asymmetrical political and national identification in response to uncertainty

Self and Identity

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-128

  Hohman, Zachary P ^a   Hogg, Michael A ^a   Bligh, Michelle C ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergroup leadership; Leadership; Politics; Social identity theory; Uncertainty identity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951543312     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298860802605937     Document Type: Article

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