Reexamining the Workplace Justice to Outcome Relationship: Does Frame of Reference Matter?

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 945-969

  Bernerth, Jeremy ^a   Walker, H Jack ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84862524013     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00977.x     Document Type: Article

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