Motivating factors: Perceptions of justice and their relationship with managerial and organizational trust

Communication Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-70

  Hubbell, Anne P ^a   Chory Assad, Rebecca M ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributive justice; Interactional justice; Managerial trust; Organizational trust; Procedural justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064795141     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0008957042000332241     Document Type: Article

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