Consequences of attitudes changed by majority and minority influence

Minority Influence and Innovation: Antecedents, Processes and Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 175-200

  Martin, Robin ^a   Hewstone, Miles ^b   Martin, Pearl Y ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203865552     Document Type: Chapter

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