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Research Article

Physical and situational inequality on airplanes predicts air rage

Katherine A. DeCelles and Michael I. Norton
  1. aOrganizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management Area, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3E6;
  2. bMarketing Unit, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA 02163

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PNAS May 17, 2016 113 (20) 5588-5591; first published May 2, 2016; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1521727113
Katherine A. DeCelles
aOrganizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management Area, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3E6;
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  • For correspondence: katy.decelles@rotman.utoronto.ca
Michael I. Norton
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  1. Edited by Susan T. Fiske, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and approved March 30, 2016 (received for review November 3, 2015)

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vol. 113 no. 20 5588-5591
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1521727113
PubMed: 
27140642

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National Academy of Sciences
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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  • Published in issue May 17, 2016.
  • Published first May 2, 2016.

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  1. Katherine A. DeCellesa,1 and
  2. Michael I. Nortonb
  1. aOrganizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management Area, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3E6;
  2. bMarketing Unit, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA 02163
  1. Edited by Susan T. Fiske, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and approved March 30, 2016 (received for review November 3, 2015)

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  • ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: katy.decelles{at}rotman.utoronto.ca.
  • Author contributions: K.A.D. collected the data; K.A.D. and M.I.N. designed research; K.A.D. and M.I.N. performed research; K.A.D. analyzed data; and K.A.D. and M.I.N. wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

  • This article is a PNAS Direct Submission.

  • This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1521727113/-/DCSupplemental.

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