A model of fair process and its limits

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 637-653

  Wu, Yaozhong ^a   Loch, Christoph H ^b   Van Der Heyden, Ludo ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Engagement; Fair process; Motivation; Social preference; Transparency

Indexed keywords

TRANSPARENCY;

AGENCY THEORY; DECISION PROCESS; EMPLOYEE MOTIVATIONS; ENGAGEMENT; FAIR PROCESS; PAPER BREAKS; PRINCIPAL AGENTS; SOCIAL PREFERENCE;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 61349178581     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1070.0189     Document Type: Article

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