How perceived interpersonal justice relates to job burnout and intention to leave: The role of leader-member exchange and cognition-based trust in leaders

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-24

  Son, Sujin ^a   Kim, Do Yeong ^a   Kim, Mina ^a  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cognition based trust; Interpersonal justice; Job burnout; LMX; Turnover intention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893740424     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajsp.12038     Document Type: Article

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