Social comparison processes in organizations

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-41

  Greenberg, Jerald ^a   Ashton James, Claire E ^b   Ashkanasy, Neal M ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affect; Leadership; Organizational justice; Performance appraisals; Social comparison; Stress; Virtual work environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845607649     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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