Judgments of deservingness: Studies in the psychology of justice and achievement

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 86-107

  Feather, N T ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0033419882     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327957pspr0302_1     Document Type: Article

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