The interactive effects of procedural justice and equity sensitivity in predicting responses to psychological contract breach: An interactionist perspective

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-178

  Restubog, Simon Lloyd D ^a   Bordia, Prashant ^b   Bordia, Sarbari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equity sensitivity; Interactionist perspective; Procedural justice; Psychological contract breach

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349205505     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-009-9097-1     Document Type: Article

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