The abundance effect: Unethical behavior in the presence of wealth

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-155

  Gino, Francesca ^a   Pierce, Lamar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Envy; Inequity; Money; Unethical behavior; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649107077     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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