When Employees Strike Back: Investigating Mediating Mechanisms Between Psychological Contract Breach and Workplace Deviance

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1104-1117

  Bordia, Prashant ^a   Restubog, Simon Lloyd D ^b   Tang, Robert L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c and Institution Management   (United States)

Author keywords

feelings of violation; psychological contract breach; revenge; self control; workplace deviance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CONTRACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 54449090614     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.5.1104     Document Type: Article

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