A Qualitative Approach to Intergroup Relations: Exploring the Applicability of the Social Identity Approach to "Messy" School Contexts

Qualitative Research in Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 259-273

  Jackson, Carolyn ^a   Sherriff, Nigel ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

competition; discourse; gender; intergroup relations; social identity approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875337598     PISSN: 14780887     EISSN: 14780895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14780887.2011.616620     Document Type: Article

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