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This special issue highlights the relationships between the concepts of organizational justice and organizational citizenship behavior. The articles advance our understanding of these concepts and their relevance to organizational behavior by describing the theoretical and empirical relationship between them. The present article sets the stage for the papers that follow by providing background on the concepts of organizational justice and organizational citizenship behavior and explaining various connections between them.
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Eskew, D.E. The role of organizational justice in organizational citizenship behavior. Employ Respons Rights J 6, 185–194 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01419443
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