New majorities' abuse of power: Effects of perceived control and social support

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 489-504

  Prislin, Radmila ^a   Sawicki, Vanessa ^b   Williams, Kipling ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

majority; minority; power; social change; social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958762005     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430210391310     Document Type: Article

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