Impact of performance appraisal justice on employee engagement: A study of Indian professionals

Employee Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-78

  Gupta, Vishal ^a   Kumar, Sushil ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Distributive justice; Employee engagement; India; Indian context; Informational justice; Performance appraisal; Performance management; Procedural justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868535487     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425451311279410     Document Type: Article

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