Beyond distributive justice: The reasonableness norm in Chinese reward allocation

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 253-269

  Zhang, Zhixue ^a   Yang, Chung Fang ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 3042861105     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-839X.00017     Document Type: Article

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