In spite of considerable evidence of the effects of self-esteem on equity behavior in some of the early studies, the construct of self-esteem has not yet been given systematic attention. From the interactionist standpoint, this work was done to examine the role of self-esteem in responses to inequitable situations. Presented are hypotheses about individuals' choices of inequity resolution methods that focus on the interaction of self-esteem with the contextual features of reward conditions and exchange relationships.
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