Disagreeing about what's fair: exploring the relationship between perceptions of justice and employee dissent

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-43

  Kassing, Jeffrey W ^a   McDowell, Zachary J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee Dissent; Employee Voice; Fairness Perceptions; Interactional Justice; Perceptions of Justice; Procedural Justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85068298966     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824090701831784     Document Type: Article

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