Ego depletion and its paradoxical effects on ethical decision making

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 204-214

  Yam, Kai Chi ^a   Chen, Xiao Ping ^a   Reynolds, Scott J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ego depletion; Ethical decision making; Social consensus; Subjective fatigue

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899545999     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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