Uncertainty management after reorganizations: The ameliorative effect of outcome fairness on job uncertainty

Revue Internationale de Psychologie Sociale

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-86

  Van Den Bos, Kees ^a   Heuven, Ellen ^a   Burger, Eva ^a   Van Veldhuizen, Marina Fernández ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fairness; Outcomes; Reorganizations; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248403296     PISSN: 0992986X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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