Fairness perceptions and satisfaction with components of pay satisfaction

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 297-312

  Jawahar, I M ^a   Stone, Thomas H ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Employee attitudes; Job satisfaction; Pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955940163     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683941111124836     Document Type: Article

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