An integrative framework for explaining reactions to decisions: Interactive effects of outcomes and procedures

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-208

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

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

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MOTIVATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 0030240445     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.120.2.189     Document Type: Article

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