Legitimacy is a psychological property of an authority, institution, or social arrangement that
leads those connected to it to believe that it is appropriate, proper, and just. Because of …

This chapter reviews the last 15 years of research inspired by social dominance theory, a
general theory of societal group-based inequality. In doing so, we sketch the broad outlines …

There is widespread agreement that status or standing in the international system is a critical
element in world politics. The desire for status is recognized as a key factor in nuclear …

Drawing on macro and micro domains in gender research, we meta-analytically test whether
occupation-, industry-, and job-level factors mitigate or exacerbate differences in …

This volume focuses on two questions: why do people from one social group oppress and
discriminate against people from other groups? and why is this oppression so mind …

This new edition of Prejudice provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject, introducing
the major theoretical ideas as well as providing a critical analysis of recent developments …

Since the publication of our first text on social cognition, a lot has changed for us personally
(children come and gone, grandchildren have arrived, new jobs, new houses) and …

In an experiment, job description and applicants' attributes were examined as moderators of
the backlash effect, the negative evaluation of agentic women for violating prescriptions of …

We argue that additional understanding of work motivation can be gained by incorporating
current insights concerning self-categorization and social identity processes and by …

This study examines the role of gender stereotypes in justifying the social system by
maintaining the division of labor between the sexes. The distribution of the sexes in 80 …