Doing the job well: An investigation of pro-social rule breaking

Journal of Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-28

  Morrison, Elizabeth W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee initiative; Positive deviance; Pro social behavior; Proactive behavior; Rule breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 31744435177     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206305277790     Document Type: Article

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