Moral character: What it is and what it does

Research in Organizational Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-61

  Cohen, Taya R ^a   Morse, Lily ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Character; Counterproductive work behavior (CWB); Ethics; Morality; Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB); Personality; Unethical behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919332416     PISSN: 01913085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.riob.2014.08.003     Document Type: Review

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