Procedures: Do we really want to know them? An examination of the effects of procedural justice on self-esteem

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 462-471

  Schroth, Holly A ^a   Shah, Priti Pradhan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b 545 Student Services Building 1900 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034195081     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.85.3.462     Document Type: Article

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