Relationships Between Leader-Contingent and Non-contingent Reward and Punishment Behaviors and Subordinates' Perceptions of Justice and Satisfaction, and Evaluation of the Moderating Influence of Trust Propensity, Pay Level, and Role Ambiguity

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 233-249

  Tremblay, Michel ^a   Vandenberghe, Christian ^a   Doucet, Olivier ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Justice; Leader behaviors; Leadership substitutes; Pay level; Rewards and punishments; Role ambiguity; Satisfaction; Trust propensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877749979     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-012-9275-4     Document Type: Article

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