Response to restrictive policies: Reconciling system justification and psychological reactance

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-162

  Laurin, Kristin ^a   Kay, Aaron C ^b   Proudfoot, Devon ^b   Fitzsimons, Gavan J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive resources; Dual process models; Psychological reactance; Restrictive policy; System justification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882688569     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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