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Employment, Justice, And The Psychological Contract, Larry A. Dimatteo, Robert Bird, Jason Colquitt

Larry A DiMatteo

The manuscript is a interdisciplinary collaboration between contract law, employment law and management scholars and draws from the fields of law, management, and psychology. One of the authors is currently Editor-in-Chief of the top-tier level ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL. Because of his nationally-recognized expertise, the survey and statistical analysis is of the highest order.

After reviewing and noting the gaps in the employment and justice literatures, this article then presents the finding of a survey of 763 participants to measure whether certain variables—procedural and substantive fairness, as well as educating employees on the principle of employment at will—impact the propensities …