When being overpaid makes me feel good about myself: It depends on how the other feels

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 793-802

  De Cremer, David ^a   Van Kleef, Gerben A ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distributive justice; Emotions; Individual differences; Overpayment; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949094180     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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