When does high procedural fairness reduce self-evaluations following unfavorable outcomes?: The moderating effect of prevention focus

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-200

  Brockner, Joel ^a   De Cremer, David ^b   Fishman, Ariel Y ^a   Spiegel, Scott ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Procedural fairness; Regulatory focus; Self evaluations

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849183520     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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