Predicting Counterproductive Work Behavior from Guilt Proneness

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-53

  Cohen, Taya R ^a   Panter, A T ^b   Turan, Nazli ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterproductive work behavior; Guilt proneness; Individual differences; Morality; Personality; Unethical behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877752149     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1326-2     Document Type: Article

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