System justification beliefs, affirmative action, and resistance to equal opportunity organizations

Social Cognition

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 376-390

  Phelan, Julie E ^a   Rudman, Laurie A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79959973337     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2011.29.3.376     Document Type: Article

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