Integrity testing and deviance: Construct validity issues and the role of situational factors

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-146

  Lasson, Elliot D ^a,b   Bass, Alan R ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

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EID: 0031330318     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025014000393     Document Type: Article

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