Socializing economic theories of discrimination: Lessons from Survivor

Social Science Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1164-1180

  Dilks, Lisa M ^a   Thye, Shane R ^b   Taylor, Patricia A ^c  

^a CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Information based discrimination; Social identity theory; Status characteristics theory; Survivor; Taste based discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958483246     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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