Unfairness, anger, and spite: Emotional rejections of ultimatum offers

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 208-224

  Pillutla, Madan M ^b   Murnighan, J Keith ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0038159171     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1996.0100     Document Type: Article

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