Why good employees make unethical decisions: The role of reward systems, organizational culture, and managerial oversight

Managing Organizational Deviance

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 39-68

  Dunn, Jennifer ^a   Schweitzer, Maurice E ^b  

^a University of Pennsylvania ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 34548849781     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781452231105.n2     Document Type: Chapter

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