Effective punishment through forgiveness: Rediscovering Kierkegaard's knight of faith in the Abraham story

Organization Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 555-581

  Abramson, Neil Remington ^a   Senyshyn, Yaroslav ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enron; Evolutionary psychology; Forgiveness; Kierkegaard; Knight of Faith; Punishment; Reconciliation; Repentance; Scheler; South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953191020     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840610372202     Document Type: Article

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