When apologies for injustice matter: The role of respect

European Psychologist

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 239-247

  De Cremer, David ^a,b,d   Schouten, Barbara C ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Center of Justice and Social Decision Making (JuST)

Author keywords

Apologies; Injustice; Respect; Self esteem; Social accounts; Trust repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 56849099665     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.13.4.239     Document Type: Article

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