The bonding effect of money in the workplace: priming money weakens the negative relationship between ostracism and prosocial behaviour

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 272-286

  Mok, Aurelia ^a   De Cremer, David ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

belonging; money; ostracism; priming; prosocial behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955714666     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2015.1051038     Document Type: Article

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