A vigilante model of justice: Revenge, reconciliation, forgiveness, and avoidance

Social Justice Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-34

  Tripp, Thomas M ^a   Bies, Robert J ^b   Aquino, Karl ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forgiveness; Organizational justice; Revenge; Vigilantism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249866211     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-007-0030-3     Document Type: Article

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