Investigating the effects of procedural justice on workplace deviance: Do employees' perceptions of conflicting guidance call the tune?

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 715-729

  De Lara, Pablo Zoghbi Manrique ^a   Verano Tacoronte, Domingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conflict; Harassment; Justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448977257     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720710835183     Document Type: Article

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