When gender fits self-regulatory preferences: The impact of regulatory fit on gender-based ingroup favoritism

Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-15

  Sassenberg, Kai ^a   Brazy, Paige C ^b   Jonas, Kai J ^c   Shah, James Y ^d  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Ingroup favoritism; Regulatory fit; Regulatory focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872535779     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: 21512590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000095     Document Type: Article

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