Preference for the merit principle scale: An individual difference measure of distributive justice preferences

Social Justice Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-240

  Davey, Liane M ^a   Ramona Bobocel, D ^a   Son Hing, Leanne S ^a   Zanna, Mark P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Distributive justice; Merit principle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013112374     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022148418210     Document Type: Article

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