Modelling the role of organizational justice: Effects on satisfaction and unionization propensity of Canadian managers

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 717-737

  Tremblay, Michel ^a   Roussel, Patrice ^b  

^a CIRANO   (Canada)

^b LIRHE   (France)

Author keywords

Compensation; Distributive justice; Managers; Procedural justice; Unionization; Work satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347122056     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190110047802     Document Type: Article

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