Power, negotiations, and the anticipation of intergroup encounters

European Review of Social Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 107-141

  Saguy, Tamar ^a   Kteily, Nour ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergroup encounters; Legitimacy; Negotiations; Power; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920047739     PISSN: 10463283     EISSN: 1479277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10463283.2014.957579     Document Type: Article

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