Procedural justice in promotion decisions: Using perceptions of fairness to build employee commitment

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 268-281

  Lemons, Mary A ^a   Jones, Coy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Employee selection; Employees; Equalopportunities; Jobpromotion; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986164040     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940110391517     Document Type: Article

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