Just(?) a true-false test: Applying signal detection theory to judgments of organizational dishonesty

Business and Society

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 130-148

  Scott, Elizabeth D ^a  

^a EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dishonesty; Ethics; Honesty; Moral judgments; Signal detection theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646688686     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650305285393     Document Type: Article

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