Organizational justice as proaction and reaction: Implications for research and application

Justice in the Workplace: From Theory to Practice

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 271-302

  Greenberg, Jerald ^a   Wiethoff, Carolyn ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410600301-21     Document Type: Chapter

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