The impact of organizational justice on work performance: Mediating effects of organizational commitment and leader-member exchange

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 660-677

  Wang, Xinyan ^a   Liao, Jianqiao ^b   Xia, Degen ^a   Chang, Tao ^c  

^a JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Employees; Job satisfaction; Leaders; Performance levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956525568     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437721011073364     Document Type: Article

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