Punishing and compensating others at your own expense: The role of empathic concern on reactions to distributive injustice

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-140

  Leliveld, Marijke C ^a   Van Dijk, Eric ^b   Van Beest, Ilja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84857236965     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.872     Document Type: Article

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