When the powerful feels wronged: The legitimization effects of advantaged group members' sense of being accused for harboring racial or ethnic biases

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 292-298

  Saguy, Tamar ^a   Chernyak Hai, Lily ^b   Andrighetto, Luca ^c   Bryson, Jeff ^d  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b NETANYA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84879606005     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1948     Document Type: Article

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