Adherence to climate change-related ingroup norms: Do dimensions of group identification matter?

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 455-465

  Masson, Torsten ^a   Fritsche, Immo ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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EID: 84905027950     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2036     Document Type: Article

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