Hired professional to hired gun: An identity theory approach to understanding the ethical behaviour of professionals in non-professional organizations

Human Relations

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 851-887

  Gunz, Hugh ^a,b   Gunz, Sally ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Department of Business Law ^*  (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Ethics; Governance; Identity theory; Lawyer; Organizationalprofessional conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347364783     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726707080079     Document Type: Article

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