Rebels without a cause: Discrimination appraised as legitimate harms group commitment

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-172

  Jetten, Jolanda ^a   Schmitt, Michael T ^b   Branscombe, Nyla R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

devalued group membership; group discrimination; legitimacy appraisals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874494958     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430212445075     Document Type: Article

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