Goal-setting participation and goal commitment: Examining the mediating roles of procedural fairness and interpersonal trust in a UK financial services organisation

British Accounting Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-146

  Sholihin, Mahfud ^a   Pike, Richard ^b   Mangena, Musa ^b   Li, Jing ^b  

^a GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fairness; Goal commitment; Goal setting participation; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957803704     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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