Encouraging employees to report unethical conduct internally: It takes a village

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-103

  Mayer, David M ^a   Nurmohamed, Samir ^a   Treviño, Linda Klebe ^b   Shapiro, Debra L ^c   Schminke, Marshall ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coworkers; Ethics; Leadership; Whistle blowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875253918     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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