TY - JOUR
AU - Messe, Lawrence A.
AB - Investigated the distribution of rewards under conditions of different total amounts of money, using 79 male students as Ss. Results indicate that Ss divided money equally between themselves and a coworker with equal inputs only when the total amount of reward available was congruent with an internal standard of fair pay. When the total amount was either substantially more or substantially less than this amount, Ss gave proportionately more to themselves. Results suggest the need for a more complex theory of equity that is not based solely on interpersonal comparisons of input/outcome ratios. (18 ref.)
TI - Distribution of insufficient, sufficient, and oversufficient rewards: A clarification of equity theory
JF - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
DO - 10.1037/h0032222
DA - 1972-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/distribution-of-insufficient-sufficient-and-oversufficient-rewards-a-Xa0cHmf5TD
SP - 228
EP - 233
VL - 21
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -