Fairness in performance evaluation and its behavioural consequences

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-413

  Sholihin, Mahfud ^a   Pike, Richard ^b,c  

^a GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commitment; Fairness; Performance; Satisfaction; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350145045     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2009.9663374     Document Type: Article

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