Age and Trust as Moderators in the Relation between Procedural Justice and Turnover: A Large-Scale Longitudinal Study

Applied Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-86

  Bal, P Matthijs ^a   De Lange, Annet H ^b   Ybema, Jan F ^c   Jansen, Paul G W ^a   Van Der Velde, Mandy E G ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 78650212992     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2010.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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