System Justification, Satisfaction, and Perceptions of Fairness and Typicality at Work: A Cross-System Comparison Involving the U.S. and Hungary

Social Justice Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-210

  van der Toorn, Jojanneke ^a   Berkics, Mihály ^b   Jost, John T ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributive justice; Eastern Europe; Equality; Equity; System justification; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955845980     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-010-0116-1     Document Type: Article

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