Justice in teams: The activation and role of sensemaking in the emergence of justice climates

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-192

  Roberson, Quinetta M ^a  

^a and History   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributive justice; Justice climates; Procedural justice; Social construction of justice; Team sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646763549     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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