On the psychology of the advantaged: How people react to being overpaid

Social Justice Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-191

  Peters, Susanne L ^a,b   Van Den Bos, Kees ^a   Karremans, Johan C ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Council for Legal Aid ^*  (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conflict; Equity; Justice; Overpayment; Response latencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249101983     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-008-0063-2     Document Type: Article

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