A social norms approach to legitimacy

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 400-415

  Horne, Christine ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metanorms; Norms; Social sanctions

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350448565     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764209338799     Document Type: Article

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