Perceptions of unfairness in allocations between multiple recipients

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-244

  Eriksson, Kimmo ^a,b   Simpson, Brent ^c  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributive justice; Need to belong; Perception; Unfairness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 79251564912     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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