Crossing party lines: Political identity and partisans' reactions to violating party norms

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-332

  Prewitt Freilino, Jennifer L ^a   Bosson, Jennifer K ^b   Burnaford, Rochelle M ^b   Weaver, Jonathan R ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Political affiliation; Role norms; Role violations; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859616847     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430211428162     Document Type: Article

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