The role of fairness perceptions and accountability attributions in predicting reactions to organizational events

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-222

  Horvath, Michael ^a   Andrews, Sara B ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Spherion Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Blame; Fairness; Organizational citizenship behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 34248386888     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.141.2.203-223     Document Type: Article

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