Procedural justice and layoff survivors' commitment: A quantitative review

Psychological Reports

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 515-530

  Grubb III, W Lee ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; META ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 33751510650     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.99.2.515-530     Document Type: Article

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