Mobilizing support for the extreme right: A discursive analysis of minority leadership

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-148

  Rooyackers, Ilse N ^a   Verkuyten, Maykel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; MINORITY GROUP; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; ORIENTATION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; ORIENTATION; POLITICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84858782621     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2010.02008.x     Document Type: Article

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