Does Organizational Justice Matter in the Federal Workplace?

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 227-251

  Cho, Yoon Jik ^a   Sai, Na ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior and motivation; discrimination; employee attitudes; federal government HRM; grievance issues; organizational behavior development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881244100     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: 1552759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X12458126     Document Type: Article

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