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A Model for Identifying and Developing Commitment to Superordinate Goals

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Social Judgment and Intergroup Relations

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The concept of superordinate goals, that is, goals that have an overarching pull on two or more groups that must cooperate for their attainment, stands as one of the many of Sherif’s enduring contributions to theoretical as well as applied social psychology for solving conflicts between groups.

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Blake, R.R., Mouton, J.S. (1992). A Model for Identifying and Developing Commitment to Superordinate Goals. In: Granberg, D., Sarup, G. (eds) Social Judgment and Intergroup Relations. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2860-8_10

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