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System Justification Theory

System Justification Theory is a social psychological theory that explains the tendency of individuals to defend, justify, and preserve existing social, economic, and political systems, even when such systems are disadvantageous to them, thereby serving to maintain the status quo through ideational legitimation of inequality.

349

Publications

34.6K

Citations

671

Authors

353

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

145

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Publications

349

A Decade of System Justification Theory: Accumulated Evidence of Conscious and Unconscious Bolstering of the Status Quo

John T. Jost, Mahzarin R. Banaji, Brian A. Nosek · Political Psychology · 2004 · 2.8K citations · Full text

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Investigating Variation in Replicability

Richard Klein, Kate A. Ratliff, Michelangelo Vianello et al. · Social Psychology · 2014 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Complementary Justice: Effects of "Poor but Happy" and "Poor but Honest" Stereotype Exemplars on System Justification and Implicit Activation of the Justice Motive.

Aaron C. Kay, John T. Jost · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2003 · 1.1K citations

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Antecedents and Consequences of System-Justifying Ideologies

John T. Jost, Orsolya Hunyady · Current Directions in Psychological Science · 2005 · 1K citations

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Ideology: Its Resurgence in Social, Personality, and Political Psychology

John T. Jost, Brian A. Nosek, Samuel D. Gosling · Perspectives on Psychological Science · 2008 · 929 citations

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Authors

671

  1. JT
    John T. Jost

    New York University, United States

    72 publications · 14.7K citations

    49

    h-index

  2. AC
    Aaron C. Kay

    Duke University, United States

    20 publications · 3.1K citations

    19

    h-index

  3. CG
    Chris G. Sibley

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    15 publications · 960 citations

    14

    h-index

  4. DO
    Danny Osborne

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    13 publications · 874 citations

    13

    h-index

  5. CK
    Chuma Kevin Owuamalam

    University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Malaysia

    12 publications · 476 citations

    12

    h-index

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Institutions

353

  1. New York University

    New York, United States

    42 h-index

    113 publications

    19.1K citations

  2. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    15 h-index

    38 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    13 h-index

    21 publications

    5K citations

  4. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    13 h-index

    20 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    12 h-index

    18 publications

    1.6K citations

  6. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    11 h-index

    12 publications

    427 citations

  7. University of Kent

    Canterbury, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    14 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    10 h-index

    17 publications

    2.5K citations

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Venues

  1. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

    GPIR · 19 publications · 752 citations

    16

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  2. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 17 publications · 3K citations

    16

    h-index

  3. European Journal of Social Psychology

    EJSP · 18 publications · 1.2K citations

    14

    h-index

  4. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    14 publications · 3.6K citations

    14

    h-index

  5. Social Cognition

    14 publications · 1.4K citations

    13

    h-index

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