The Group as a Basis for Emergent Stereotype Consensus

European Review of Social Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 203-239

  Haslam, S Alexander ^a   Turner, John C ^a   Oakes, Penelope J ^a   McGarty, Craig ^a   Reynolds, Katherine J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85051113671     PISSN: 10463283     EISSN: 1479277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14792779643000128     Document Type: Article

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