Love, hate, ambivalence, or indifference? A conceptual examination of workplace crimes and organizational identification

Organization Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 172-188

  Vadera, Abhijeet K ^a   Pratt, Michael G ^b  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Crimes; Ethics; Identification; Unethical behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873308536     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1110.0714     Document Type: Article

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