Linking distributive and procedural justice to employee engagement through social exchange: A field study in India

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1570-1587

  Biswas, Soumendu ^a   Varma, Arup ^b   Ramaswami, Aarti ^c  

^a MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

distributive justice; employee engagement; India; POS; procedural justice; psychological contract; social exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874474008     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.725072     Document Type: Article

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