Social comparison and the personal group discrimination discrepancy

Social Comparison and Social Psychology: Understanding Cognition, Intergroup Relations, and Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 228-246

  Dumont, Muriel ^a   Yzerbyt, Vincent ^a   Postmes, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84886750270     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511584329.012     Document Type: Chapter

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