The politics of luck: Political ideology and the perceived relationship between luck and success

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-46

  Gromet, Dena M ^a   Hartson, Kimberly A ^b   Sherman, David K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; Luck; Political ideology; Success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926287784     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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