Extending the multifoci perspective: The role of supervisor justice and moral identity in the relationship between customer justice and customer-directed sabotage

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 108-121

  Skarlicki, Daniel P ^a   van Jaarsveld, Danielle D ^a   Shao, Ruodan ^b   Song, Young Ho ^c   Wang, Mo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Customer justice; Customer directed sabotage; Moral identity; Multifoci justice; Supervisor justice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84955213994     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/apl0000034     Document Type: Article

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