Employee Justice Across Cultures: A Meta-Analytic Review

Journal of Management

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 263-301

  Shao, Ruodan ^a   Rupp, Deborah E ^b   Skarlicki, Daniel P ^c   Jones, Kisha S ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural management; meta analysis; multifoci justice; national culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870405449     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206311422447     Document Type: Article

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