Unable to resist temptation: How self-control depletion promotes unethical behavior

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes - Tập 115 Số 2 - Trang 191-203 - 2011
Francesca Gino1, Maurice E. Schweitzer2, Nicole L. Mead3, Dan Ariely4
1Francesca Gino, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Baker Library 447, Boston MA 02163, USA
2Maurice E. Schweitzer, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
3Nicole L. Mead, Tilburg Institute for Behavioral Economics Research, Tilburg University, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands
4Dan Ariely, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 1 Towerview Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA

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