Getting Even for Customer Mistreatment: The Role of Moral Identity in the Relationship Between Customer Interpersonal Injustice and Employee Sabotage

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1335-1347

  Skarlicki, Daniel P ^a   van Jaarsveld, Danielle D ^a   Walker, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

moral identity; sabotage; unfair treatment by customers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MORALITY; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MORALS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 56849106281     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012704     Document Type: Article

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