License to Ill: The effects of corporate social responsibility and ceo moral identity on corporate social irresponsibility

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 861-893

  Ormiston, Margaret E ^a   Wong, Elaine M ^b  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84886297482     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/peps.12029     Document Type: Article

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