Being uncertain about what? Procedural fairness effects as a function of general uncertainty and belongingness uncertainty

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1520-1525

  De Cremer, David ^a   Brebels, Lieven ^a   Sedikides, Constantine ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belongingness; Procedural fairness; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 53049101009     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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