Fairness and ideology: An empirical test of social contracts theory

Business and Society

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-108

  Watson, George W ^a   Shepard, Jon M ^b   Stephens, Carroll U ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0013006732     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000765039903800104     Document Type: Article

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