Working for the System: Motivated Defense of Meritocratic Beliefs
By A. Ledgerwood, Anesu N. Mandisodza, John T. Jost, Michelle Pohl. 2011
106 citations recorded by the source corpus.
Subfields: Safety Research, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science
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In Safety Research
In Social Psychology
- Serge Guimond
- Céline Darnon
- D. Martinot
- John T. Jost
- Aaron C. Kay
- H. Thórisdóttir
- D. Bar-Tal
- Eran Halperin
In Sociology and Political Science
- D. Martinot
- Serge Guimond
- Céline Darnon
- Sébastien Chazal
- Virginie Wiederkehr
- John T. Jost
- Aaron C. Kay
- H. Thórisdóttir
Citations in the corpus
- From social class to self-efficacy: internalization of low social status pupils’ school performance (2015, background): “In addition, if individuals are told that success comes from hard work and high abilities, status hierarchies might be viewed as legitimated as they are perceived as the reflection of differences in individual merit (Ledgerwood et al. 2011; O’Brien and Major 2009).”
- A quarter century of system justification theory: Questions, answers, criticisms, and societal applications (2018, background): “, 2011); and (5) people are willing to expend behavioural effort in order to maintain the legitimacy of the socio-economic system (Ledgerwood et al., 2011).”