Guilty and helpful: An emotion-based reparatory model of voluntary work behavior

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1051-1059

  Ilies, Remus ^a   Peng, Ann Chunyan ^b,c   Savani, Krishna ^a   Dimotakis, Nikolaos ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterproductive work behaviors; Feedback; Guilt; Organizational citizenship behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COOPERATION; EMPLOYMENT; GUILT; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; GUILT; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84887975511     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034162     Document Type: Article

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