Diverging effects of clean versus dirty money on attitudes, values, and interpersonal behavior

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 473-489

  Yang, Qing ^a   Wu, Xiaochang ^a   Zhou, Xinyue ^b   Mead, Nicole L ^c   Vohs, Kathleen D ^d   Baumeister, Roy F ^e  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CATÓLICA LISBON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange; Fairness; Greed; Money; Moral

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST;

ATTITUDE; COMMERCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL VALUES; TRUST;

EID: 84881015260     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030596     Document Type: Article

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