Perception of economic distributive justice: Exploring leading Theories

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 435-454

  Ng, Sik Hung ^a   Allen, Michael W ^b,c,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attribution theory; Belief in a Just World; Economic distributive justice; Ideology values; Self interest Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944436515     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2005.33.5.435     Document Type: Article

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