Punishment, Justice, and Compliance in Mandatory IT Settings

Yajiong Xue
Yajiong Xue
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Department of Management Information Systems, College of Business, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858
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Huigang Liang
Huigang Liang
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Department of Management Information Systems, College of Business, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858
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Liansheng Wu
Liansheng Wu
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Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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Department of Management Information Systems, College of Business, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858

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Huigang Liang

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Department of Management Information Systems, College of Business, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858

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Liansheng Wu

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Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China

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Published Online:19 Feb 2010https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.1090.0266

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