Underworked and overpaid: Elevated entitlement in men’s self-pay

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 93-103

  Pelham, Brett W ^a   Hetts, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035593725     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.2000.1429     Document Type: Article

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