Contexts of System Justification and System Evaluation: Exploring the Social Comparison Strategies of the (Not Yet) Contented Female Worker

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 126-137

  Blanton, Hart ^a   George, Greg ^a   Crocker, Jennifer ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

depressed entitlement; discrimination; equity; social comparison; system justification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993783362     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430201004002004     Document Type: Article

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