If you feel bad, it's unfair: A quantitative synthesis of affect and organizational justice perceptions

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 286-295

  Barsky, Adam ^a   Kaplan, Seth A ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Fairness; Meta analysis; Organizational justice

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; META ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WORKPLACE;

AFFECT; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33846284155     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.1.286     Document Type: Article

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