When do low status groups help high status groups? The moderating effects of ingroup identification, audience group membership, and perceived reputational benefit

Journal of Social and Political Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 289-312

  Owuamalam, Chuma Kevin ^a   Rubin, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Impression management; Ingroup identification; Metastereotypes; Outgroup helping; Prosocial behavior; Reputation; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010925316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21953325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5964/jspp.v2i1.33     Document Type: Article

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