Justice in teams: The context sensitivity of justice rules across individual and team contexts

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 868-899

  Colquitt, Jason A ^a   Jackson, Christine L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645705528     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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