Fear in organizations: Does intimidation by formal punishment mediate the relationship between interactional justice and workplace internet deviance?

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 580-592

  Manrique de Lara, Pablo Zoghbi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Internet; Justice; Punishment; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747755785     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940610684418     Document Type: Article

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