Self-interest masquerading as ingroup beneficence: Altruistic rationalization and interindividual-intergroup discontinuity

Small Group Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-123

  Pinter, Brad ^a   Wildschut, Tim ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

guilt proneness; intergroup conflict; interindividual intergroup discontinuity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856015247     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496411419016     Document Type: Article

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