Performance appraisal procedural justice: The role of a manager's implicit person theory

Journal of Management

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1694-1718

  Heslin, Peter A ^a   VandeWalle, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

implicit person theory; performance appraisals; procedural justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053498664     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206309342895     Document Type: Article

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