Leadership and fairness: The state of the art

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-140

  van Knippenberg, Daan ^a   De Cremer, David ^b   van Knippenberg, Barbara ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34250616296     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320701275833     Document Type: Review

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