What influences how higher-status people respond to lower-status others? Effects of procedural fairness, outcome favorability, and concerns about status

Organization Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1040-1060

  Blader, Steven L ^a   Chen, Ya Ru ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Justice; Outcomes; Social exchange; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960888807     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1100.0558     Document Type: Article

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