Prior experiences as temporal frames of reference in social justice: The influence of previous fairness experiences on reactions to new and old supervisors

Social Justice Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-120

  Van Den Bos, Kees ^a   Burrows, John W ^b   Umphress, Elizabeth ^c   Folger, Robert ^d   Lavelle, James J ^e   Eaglestone, Jennifer ^a   Gee, Julie ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Contrast; Fairness; Frames of reference; Human judgment; Justice; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944517467     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-005-7365-4     Document Type: Review

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