Procedural fairness, managers’ self-esteem, and managerial behaviors following a layoff

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-32

  Wiesenfeld, Batia M ^a   Brockner, Joel ^b   Thibault, Valerie ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0000653820     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.2000.2894     Document Type: Article

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