Effect of participative intervention on organisational justice perceptions: A quasi-experimental study on finnish public sector employees

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 706-721

  Linna, Anne ^a   Väänänen, Ari ^a   Elovainio, Marko ^b   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,c   Pentti, Jaana ^a   Vahtera, Jussi ^a,d  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Interactional justice; Multilevel; Participative intervention; Procedural justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951897077     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.543761     Document Type: Article

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