Victim Entitlement to Behave Selfishly

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 245-255

  Zitek, Emily M ^a   Jordan, Alexander H ^a   Monin, Benoît ^a,b   Leach, Frederick R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Graduate School of Business

Author keywords

entitlement; morality; selfish behavior; unfair; victim

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VICTIM;

AFFECT; CRIME VICTIMS; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 76449100524     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017168     Document Type: Article

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