MJ Lerner (1980) proposed that people need to believe in a just world; thus, evidence that
the world is not just is threatening, and people have a number of strategies for reducing such …

How do we explain the behaviour of employees who encounter workplace bullying but fail to
intervene, or sometimes even join the perpetrator? We often assume that bystanders …

One of four possible vignettes manipulated by (a) level of rape myth contained within them
(low vs. high) and (b) type of rape (stranger vs. acquaintance) was presented to participants …

This research studies people's reactions to the suffering of victims, examining the hypothesis
of the belief in a just world (BJW)(Lerner, 1980) according to which the awareness of …

According to the belief in a just world (BJW) theory, the most threatening victim for the
observers' BJW is the innocent victim whose suffering persists. Consequently the innocent …

The “belief in a just world” and the related “justice motive” can be construed as a
fundamental drive‐in people's life. Paradoxically this “justice motive” may motivate people to …

According to justice motive theory, people have a need to believe that the world is a just
place where individuals get what they deserve. Thus, people are motivated to defend belief …

This is a groundbreaking volume that provides informed, balanced yet frank discussion of
US workplace diversity and diversity resistance issues. The chapters in this book put a name …

The vast majority of contributions to the literature on spirituality in nursing make extravagant
claims about transcendence, eternity, the numinous, higher powers, higher levels of …

Framed by the Belief in a Just World theory (BJW; Lerner, MJ (1980). Belief in a just world: A
fundamental delusion. New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation), this article presents two …