Intergroup and Interindividual Resource Competition Escalating Into Conflict: The Elimination Option

Group Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 285-296

  McPherson, Sterling ^a   Parks, Craig D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discontinuity; Group elimination; Intergroup conflict; Resource competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755172629     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024938     Document Type: Article

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