The combined effects of meta-stereotypes and audience on outgroup and ingroup helping

Group Dynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 189-201

  Leeuwen, Esther Van ^a   Oostenbrink, Jan Joost ^a   Twilt, Arjen ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Audience; Impression management; Ingroup bias; Intergroup helping; Meta stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925642303     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/gdn0000005     Document Type: Article

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