The role of equity and work environment in the formation of salesperson distributive fairness judgments

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-80

  Arnold, Todd ^a   Landry, Timothy ^b   Scheer, Lisa ^c   Stan, Simona ^d  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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EID: 67649522315     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PSS0885-3134290104     Document Type: Article

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