Reducing prejudice: Common ingroup and dual identity in unequal status intergroup encounters

Intergroup Misunderstandings Impact of Divergent Social Realities

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 273-290

  Monteiro, Maria Benedicta ^a   Guerra, Rita ^b   Rebelo, Margarida ^c  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

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EID: 84920727542     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203848814     Document Type: Chapter

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