Reactions to group devaluation and social inequality: A comparison of social identity and system justification predictions

Cogent Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Owuamalam, Chuma Kevin ^a   Rubin, Mark ^b   Issmer, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

group devaluation; reputation management; social identity; social inequity; social protest; system justification

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006347336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23311908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23311908.2016.1188442     Document Type: Article

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