Yielding to (cyber)-temptation: Exploring the buffering role of self-control in the relationship between organizational justice and cyberloafing behavior in the workplace

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 247-251

  Restubog, Simon Lloyd D ^a   Garcia, Patrick Raymund James M ^a   Toledano, Lemuel S ^a   Amarnani, Rajiv K ^b   Tolentino, Laramie R ^a   Tang, Robert L ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^c and Institution Management   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Counterproductive behaviors; Cyberloafing; Self control; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953239266     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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