Relationships Among Employee Perception of Their Manager's Behavioral Integrity, Moral Distress, and Employee Attitudes and Well-Being

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-60

  Prottas, David J ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral integrity; Employee attitudes; Job engagement; Job satisfaction; Managerial ethics; Moral distress; Person environment fit; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875388928     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1280-z     Document Type: Article

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