Field Experiments on Sensitive Organizational Topics

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 501-521

  King, Eden B ^a   Hebl, Michelle R ^b   Botsford Morgan, Whitney ^c   Ahmad, Afra Saeed ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

Author keywords

bullying; discrimination; field experiments; sensitive topics; unethical behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883389873     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428112462608     Document Type: Article

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