Perceptions of discrimination and justice: Are there gender differences in outcomes?

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 421-450

  Foley, Sharon ^a,c   Hang Yue, Ngo ^b   Wong, Angela ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Gender discrimination; Job attitudes; Organizational justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844463220     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601104265054     Document Type: Article

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