Honesty doesn't always pay - The role of honesty of accounts for success made in an educational setting in inferences of modesty and arrogance

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-138

  Hareli, Shlomo ^a   Weiner, Bernard ^b   Yee, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33745079725     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-006-0004-6     Document Type: Article

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