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System justification

Known as: System justification theory 
System justification theory (SJT) is a theory within social psychology that serves a psychologically palliative function. It proposes that people… 
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2019
2019
Explaining the relationship between job insecurity and creativity
Purpose Despite a large body of literature on the negative consequences of job insecurity, one outcome – job creativity – has… 
Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
"The world isn't fair": A system justification perspective on social stratification and inequality.
It’s no use pretending that what has obviously happened has not in fact happened. The upper 1 percent of Americans are now taking… 
Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Belief in a just God (and a just society): A system justification perspective on religious ideology.
Theoretical approaches that treat religiosity as an evolutionary byproduct of cognitive mechanisms to detect agency may help to… 
Review
2014
Review
2014
Identity and Action 1 Inclusive Identity and the Psychology of Social Change
Substantial work in social psychology has focused on reducing intergroup conflict and promoting positive intergroup attitudes… 
2012
2012
Ambivalence Toward Men: Comparing Sexism Among Polish, South African and British University Students
This study extends the literature on attitudes toward gender roles by exploring whether the nature of sexism (i.e., benevolence… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
System justification theory as compliment, complement, and corrective to theories of social identification and social dominance.
System justification theory seeks to understand how and why people provide cognitive and ideological support for the status quo… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Culture and Stereotyping Processes: Integration and New Directions
Stereotyping is one of the largest and most enduring research areas in social and personality psychology; many of the processes… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Evidence of System Justification in Young Children
The near ubiquity of ingroup preference is consistent with the view that it is an automatic consequence of social categorization… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Outgroup Favoritism and the Theory of System Justification: A Paradigm for Investigating the Effects of Socioeconomic Success on Stereotype Content
Thought,”universitystudentsare told that they are aboutto participatein a researchprojectaimedat understanding“why differencesin… 
1995
1995
Beyond Indeterminacy and Self-Contradiction in Law: Transnational Abductions and Treaty Interpretation in U.S. v. Alvarez-Machain
In both international and domestic law the interpretation of normative texts generates continual academic, legal and political… 
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