Acting superior but actually inferior?: Correlates and consequences of workplace arrogance

Human Performance

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 403-427

  Johnson, Russell E ^a   Silverman, Stanley B ^b   Shyamsunder, Aarti ^c   Swee, Hsien Yao ^d   Rodopman, O Burcu ^e   Cho, Eunae ^f   Bauer, Jeremy ^f  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c Infosys Leadership Institute   (United States)

^d EATON CORPORATION   (United States)

^e BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 78649480966     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959285.2010.515279     Document Type: Article

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