Status And Organizational Entry: How Organizational And Individual Status Affect Justice Perceptions Of Hiring Systems

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 963-1000

  Sumanth, John J ^a   Cable, Daniel M ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 81855194772     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2011.01233.x     Document Type: Article

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