The effects of managerial regulatory fit priming on reactions to explanations

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 268-282

  Li, Andrew ^a   Evans, Joel ^b   Christian, Michael S ^c   Gilliland, Stephen W ^d   Kausel, Edgar E ^e   Stein, Jordan H ^d  

^a WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Counterfactual thinking; Explanation; Organizational justice; Regulatory fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956280135     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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