When Do Procedural Fairness and Outcome Fairness Interact to Influence Employees' Work Attitudes and Behaviors? The Moderating Effect of Uncertainty

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 291-304

  De Cremer, David ^a   Brockner, Joel ^b   Fishman, Ariel ^c   van Dijke, Marius ^d   van Olffen, Woody ^e   Mayer, David M ^f  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

outcome fairness; procedural fairness; standing; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REWARD; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REWARD; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 77949623172     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017866     Document Type: Article

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