Considering the roles of culture and social status: The protestant work ethic and egalitarianism;Considerando el papel de la Cultura y el Estatus Social: Ëtica Protestante y Egalitarismo

Revista Latinoamericana de Psicologia

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 381-390

  Ramírez, Luisa ^a   Levy, Sheri R ^b   Velilla, Elizabeth ^c   Hughes, Julie M ^d  

^a FUNDACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA KONRAD LORENZ   (Colombia)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Egalitarianism; Lay theories; Prejudice; Protestant work ethic; PWE; SDO; Social dominance orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951794990     PISSN: 01200534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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