Moral Rationalization and the Integration of Situational Factors and Psychological Processes in Immoral Behavior

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-50

  Tsang, Jo Ann ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346677595     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.6.1.25     Document Type: Article

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