The relationship between employee attitudes and conflicting expectations for lying behavior

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 619-633

  Sims, Randi L ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Codes of ethics; Lying

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RECUMBENCY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; DECEPTION; ETHICS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034330231     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980009598241     Document Type: Article

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