Ingroup and outgroup support for upward mobility: Divergent responses to ingroup identification in low status groups

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 563-577

  Van Laar, Colette ^a   Bleeker, Dennis ^b   Ellemers, Naomi ^a   Meijer, Eline ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b THE HAGUE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84908218442     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2046     Document Type: Article

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