The Role of Overall Justice Judgments in Organizational Justice Research: A Test of Mediation

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 491-500

  Ambrose, Maureen L ^a   Schminke, Marshall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

fairness; justice and attitudes; mediation; overall justice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 63149106997     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013203     Document Type: Article

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