Meta-analytic tests of relationships between organizational justice and citizenship behavior: Testing agent-system and shared-variance models

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 805-828

  Fassina, Neil E ^a,c   Jones, David A ^b   Uggerslev, Krista L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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EID: 51449107167     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.494     Document Type: Article

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