When Do Fair Procedures Not Matter? A Test of the Identity Violation Effect

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 142-161

  Mayer, David M ^a   Greenbaum, Rebecca L ^a   Kuenzi, Maribeth ^b   Shteynberg, Garriy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

fair; identity; justice; voice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60349087988     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013108     Document Type: Article

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