HROB 4060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Distributive Justice, Psychological Trauma, Psychological Contract

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour
• Course: HROB 4060
• Professor: Mir Lofti

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