Emotional reactions to unequal payment: The impact of meritocratic ideology and salary negotiability

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 153-172

  Maitner, Angela T ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

emotion; inequality; meritocracy; social identity; status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923324549     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430214542255     Document Type: Article

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