It's all about control: The role of self-control in buffering the effects of negative reciprocity beliefs and trait anger on workplace deviance

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 655-660

  Restubog, Simon Lloyd D ^a   Garcia, Patrick Raymund James M ^b   Wang, Lu ^c   Cheng, David ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Individual differences; Negative reciprocity; Self control; Trait anger

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957317642     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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