Reactions to unfair events in computer-mediated groups: A test of uncertainty management theory

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-20

  Tangirala, Subrahmaniam ^a   Alge, Bradley J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Fairness heuristic theory; Fairness perceptions; Uncertainty management theory; Virtual groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645914124     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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