The relationship of ethical climate to deviant workplace behaviour

Corporate Governance

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 43-55

  Appelbaum, Steven H ^a,b   Deguire, Kyle J ^a   Lay, Mathieu ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Organizational culture; Social deviance; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944435120     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700510616587     Document Type: Review

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