Self-love's lost labor: A self-enhancement model of workplace incivility

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1199-1219

  Chen, Yuanyi ^a   Ferris, D Lance ^b   Kwan, Ho Kwong ^c   Yan, Ming ^d   Zhou, Mingjian ^e   Hong, Ying ^f  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84885009692     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.0906     Document Type: Article

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