Deviant but desirable: Group variability and evaluation of atypical group members

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1155-1161

  Hutchison, Paul ^a   Jetten, Jolanda ^b   Gutierrez, Roberto ^c  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deviance; Group value; Group variability; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051892943     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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