Generalized effects of intergroup contact: The secondary transfer effect

Advances in Intergroup Contact

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 81-112

  Lolliot, Simon ^a   Schmid, Katharina ^a   Hewstone, Miles ^a   Ramiah, Ananthi Al ^b   Tausch, Nicole ^c   Swart, Hermann ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b University Hall Lee Kong Chian Wing ^*  (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203095461     Document Type: Chapter

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