Self-serving biases: Evidence from a simulated labour relationship

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 655-667

  Charness, Gary ^a   Haruvy, Ernan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial relations; Morale; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986082106     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940010378045     Document Type: Article

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