Substitutes for Procedural Fairness: Prototypical Leaders Are Endorsed Whether They Are Fair or Not

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 235-244

  Ullrich, Johannes ^a   Christ, Oliver ^b   van Dick, Rolf ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

leader prototypicality; leadership effectiveness; procedural fairness; social identity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRUST;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPLOYMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POLITICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TRUST;

EID: 60349084852     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012936     Document Type: Article

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