Creative distinctiveness: Explaining in-group bias in minimal groups

Intergroup Relations: The Role of Motivation and Emotion

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 23-40

  Spears, Russell ^a,b   Jetten, Jolanda ^c,d   Scheepers, Daan ^e   Cihangir, Sezgin ^e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77953605415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203877005     Document Type: Chapter

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