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organizational justice

employee perceptions of how fair an organization is. It consists of perceptions of the fairness of outcomes that employees receive (distributive justice) and the fairness of the procedures used in distributing these outcomes (procedural justice). See also equity theory.

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May 9th 2024

PQ4R

PQ4R

n. a set of study methods developed on the basis of research in cognitive psychology. The set represents six steps required for acquiring information: preview, question, read, reflect, recite, and review.