Cognitive processes in procedural justice judgments: The role of ease-of-retrieval, uncertainty, and experience

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 726-750

  Janssen, Jana ^a   Müller, Patrick A ^a,b   Greifeneder, Rainer ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b SHL Group   (Germany)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Applicant reactions; Ease of retrieval; Experience; Procedural justice; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958844976     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.700     Document Type: Article

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