Organizational justice, change anxiety, and acceptance of downsizing: Preliminary tests of an AET-based model

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-103

  Paterson, Janice M ^a   Cary, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affective Events Theory; Change anxiety; Organizational justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036248818     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015146225215     Document Type: Article

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