Motivations for group membership: The role of subjective importance and uncertainty reduction

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-102

  Mullin, Barbara Ann ^b   Hogg, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 85047669624     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324834BA210202     Document Type: Article

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