Employee reactions to gainsharing under seniority pay systems: The mediating effect of distributive,procedural, and interractiotnal justice

Human Resource Management

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 757-775

  Kwon, Seungwoo ^a   Kim, Minn Soo ^b   Kang, Sung Choon ^c   Kim, Myung Un ^d  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 56749095195     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20243     Document Type: Article

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