Procedural justice's relationship with turnover: Explaining past inconsistent findings

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 381-398

  Posthuma, Richard A ^a   Maertz Jr , Carl P ^b   Dworkin, James B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34248202180     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.427     Document Type: Article

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