Values and organizational justice: Performance- and seniority-based allocation criteria in the United Kingdom and Germany

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 669-688

  Fischer, Ronald ^a,c   Smith, Peter B ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Applied Cross Cultural Research   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Equity; Moderation; Organizational justice; Reward allocation; Seniority; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644288133     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022104270110     Document Type: Review

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