Ranking rank behaviors: A comprehensive situation-based definition of dishonesty

Business and Society

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 296-325

  Scott, Elizabeth D ^a   Jehn, Karen A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 79958042589     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000765039903800304     Document Type: Article

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