Predicting employee reactions to perceived organizational wrongdoing: Demoralization, justice, proactive personality, and whistle-blowing

Human Relations

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 923-954

  Miceli, Marcia P ^a   Near, Janet P ^b   Rehg, Michael T ^c   van Scotter, James R ^d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

justice; management; organizational wrongdoing; perceived organizational support; personality; power; prosocial behavior; whistle blowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864313595     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726712447004     Document Type: Article

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