Power and politics in grievance resolution: Managing meaning of due process in an organization

Human Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 349-382

  Varman, Rahul ^a   Bhatnagar, Deepti ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Grievance resolution; Influence tactics; Political process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040707341     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679905200304     Document Type: Article

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