Interpersonal Injustice and Workplace Deviance: The Role of Esteem Threat

Journal of Management

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1788-1811

  Ferris, D Lance ^a   Spence, Jeffrey R ^b   Brown, Douglas J ^c   Heller, Daniel ^d  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

deviance; esteem threat; group value model; interpersonal justice; self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655165479     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206310372259     Document Type: Article

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