Predicting Immigrants' Attitudes Toward Multiculturalism Using a Measure of Its Perceived Benefits

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 209-220

  Grant, Peter R ^a   Robertson, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 84901477103     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2014.890622     Document Type: Article

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