A social categorization approach to distributive justice: Social identity as the link between relevance of inputs and need for justice

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 315-335

  Wenzel, Michael ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035459136     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466601164858     Document Type: Article

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