Justifying the Pay System Through Status: Gender Differences in Reports of What Should Be Important in Pay Decisions

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 823-849

  Hogue, Mary ^a   Fox Cardamone, Lee ^a   Dubois, Cathy L Z ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79954579630     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00737.x     Document Type: Article

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