Complementary stereotyping of ethnic minorities predicts system justification in Poland

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 788-800

  Cichocka, Aleksandra ^a   Winiewski, Mikołaj ^b   Bilewicz, Michał ^b   Bukowski, Marcin ^c   Jost, John T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

competence; complementary stereotypes; ethnic minorities; system justification; warmth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936818906     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430214566891     Document Type: Article

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