Ally or adversary: The effect of identifiability in inter-group conflict situations

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-103

  Ritov, Ilana ^a   Kogut, Tehila ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Charitable giving; Identifiable victim

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960840212     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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