Positive group context, work attitudes, and organizational misbehavior: The case of withholding job effort

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-28

  Kidwell, Roland E ^a   Valentine, Sean R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti social behavior; Attitudes; Group context; Social influence; Withholding effort; Workplace deviance

Indexed keywords

EID: 63949086344     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9790-4     Document Type: Article

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