When Me versus You Becomes Us versus Them: How Intergroup Competition Shapes Ingroup Psychology

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 566-574

  Mead, Nicole ^a   Maner, Jon ^b  

^a CATÓLICA LISBON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84864509006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2012.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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