Knocking on the outgroup's door: Seeking outgroup help under conditions of task or relational conflict

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 266-278

  van Leeuwen, Esther ^a   Täuber, Susanne ^b   Sassenberg, Kai ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Knowledge Media Research Center   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79961143241     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2011.589339     Document Type: Article

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