How Much (More) Should CEOs Make? A Universal Desire for More Equal Pay

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Perspectives on Psychological Science

• Publication date

  2014-11-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Business, Economics

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  DOI 10.1177/1745691614549773PMID 26186109
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