Minority influence: From groups to attitudes and back again

Minority Influence and Innovation: Antecedents, Processes and Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 365-394

  Hewstone, Miles ^a   Martin, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203865552     Document Type: Chapter

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