Unfair treatment and revenge taking: The roles of collective identification and feelings of disappointment

Group Dynamics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 220-232

  De Cremer, David ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disappointment; Identification; Procedural unfairness; Revenge

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; DISAPPOINTMENT; EMOTION; GROUP DYNAMICS; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMAN; REVENGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33749645791     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2699.10.3.220     Document Type: Article

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