Doing right versus getting ahead: The effects of duty and achievement orientations on employees' voice

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1040-1050

  Tangirala, Subrahmaniam ^a   Kamdar, Dishan ^b   Venkataramani, Vijaya ^a   Parke, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

Author keywords

Achievement orientation; Duty orientation; Efficacy beliefs; Psychological safety perceptions; Voice

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; ROLE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84887932846     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033855     Document Type: Article

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