Rule-Bending: Can Prudential Judgment Affect Rule Compliance and Values in the Workplace?

Public Integrity

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-243

  Sekerka, Leslie E ^a   Zolin, Roxanne ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 69249112837     PISSN: 10999922     EISSN: 15580989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PIN1099-9922090302     Document Type: Article

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