The persuasive " power" of stigma?

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 261-268

  Norton, Michael I ^a   Dunn, Elizabeth W ^b   Carney, Dana R ^c   Ariely, Dan ^d  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Interactions; Interracial relations; Persuasion; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856248533     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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