I Know What You Did: The Effects of Interpersonal Deviance on Bystanders

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 80-94

  Ferguson, Merideth ^a   Barry, Bruce ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bystander; Cohesion; Deviance; Social information processing theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BYSTANDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERPERSONAL DEVIANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79851478254     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021708     Document Type: Article

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