Motivations underlying ingroup identification: Optimal distinctiveness and beyond

Intergroup Relations: The Role of Motivation and Emotion

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-22

  Brewer, Marilynn B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79955976688     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203877005     Document Type: Chapter

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