Is it 'who I am', 'what I can get away with', or 'what you've done to me'? A multi-theory examination of employee misconduct

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-398

  Kidder, Deborah L ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Deviance; Honesty; Psychological contracts; Trait theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444429651     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-004-6713-x     Document Type: Article

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