How do people react to negative procedures? On the moderating role of authority's biased attitudes

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 632-645

  van Prooijen, Jan Willem ^a   van den Bos, Kees ^b   Lind, E Allan ^c   Wilke, Henk A M ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Authority relations; Biased attitudes; Procedural injustice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746593023     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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