Are good soldiers good? Exploring the link between organization citizenship behavior and personal ethics

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-15

  Turnipseed, David L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Good soldier syndrome; Individual productivity; Organizational citizenship behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142046200     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(01)00217-X     Document Type: Article

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