“I did it my way”: Collective expressions of individualism

Individuality and the Group: Advances in Social Identity

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 116-136

  Postmes, Tom ^a   Jetten, Jolanda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84949548196     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446211946.n7     Document Type: Chapter

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