Superstars "like" me: The effect of role model similarity on performance under threat

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 807-812

  Marx, David M ^a   Ko, Sei Jin ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84870195186     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1907     Document Type: Article

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