The role of procedural justice and power distance in the relationship between high performance work systems and employee attitudes: A multilevel perspective

Journal of Management

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1228-1247

  Wu, Pei Chuan ^a   Chaturvedi, Sankalp ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; High performance work system; Power distance; Procedural justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350454851     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308331097     Document Type: Article

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