The Relationship Between Perceptions of Fairness and Voluntary Turnover Among Retail Employees

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1226-1243

  Jones, David A ^b   Skarlicki, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 0142231001     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01947.x     Document Type: Article

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