What Comes Around, Goes Around: Effects of Unethical Pro-Organizational Behaviour on Time Theft.
In recent decades, China's rapid economic expansion has been accompanied by a rise in corporate ethical scandals, which have drawn increasing attention to unethical pro-organizational behaviour (UPB)--actions intended to benefit the organization but violating ethical norms. While often justified by...
| Publicado en: | Industrial Relations / Relations Industrielles Vol. 80; no. 3; pp. 1 - 21 |
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Universite Laval, Department of Industrial Relations
2025
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