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Minority Influence

Minority Influence is a form of social influence in which a numerically smaller subgroup exerts pressure on a larger group to adopt its beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors, often through consistent and principled advocacy that challenges the prevailing majority norm.

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11.8K

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245

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161

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2017–2026

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175

Differential contributions of majority and minority influence.

Charlan Nemeth · Psychological Review · 1986 · 1.2K citations

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Influence of a Consistent Minority on the Responses of a Majority in a Color Perception Task

Serge Moscovici, ES Lage, M. Naffrechoux · Sociometry · 1969 · 471 citations

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Social consensus through the influence of committed minorities

Jian Xie, S. V. Sreenivasan, G. Korniss et al. · Physical Review E · 2011 · 414 citations · Full text

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Social Influence Model: A formal integration of research on majority and minority influence processes.

Sarah Tanford, Steven Penrod · Psychological Bulletin · 1984 · 332 citations

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Creative problem solving as a result of majority vs minority influence

Charlan Nemeth, Joel Wachtler · European Journal of Social Psychology · 1983 · 326 citations

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Authors

245

  1. CN
    Charlan Nemeth

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    14 publications · 2.9K citations

    13

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  2. AM
    Anne Maass

    University of Padua, Italy

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

    11

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  3. GM
    Gabriel Mugny

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    11 publications · 550 citations

    11

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  4. RD
    Russell D. Clark

    University of North Texas, United States

    11 publications · 767 citations

    11

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  5. RM
    Robin Martin

    Aston University, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 406 citations

    10

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Institutions

161

  1. University of Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland

    9 h-index

    11 publications

    505 citations

  2. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    570 citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    324 citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    2.5K citations

  5. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    513 citations

  6. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    495 citations

  7. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    362 citations

  8. University of Perugia

    Perugia, Italy

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    146 citations

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Venues

  1. European Journal of Social Psychology

    EJSP · 44 publications · 2.5K citations

    28

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  2. British Journal of Social Psychology

    13 publications · 596 citations

    12

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  3. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    12 publications · 773 citations

    11

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  4. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 11 publications · 794 citations

    11

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  5. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

    8 publications · 426 citations

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