Lying on job applications: The effects of job relevance, commission, and human resource management experience

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Wood, Jennifer L ^a   Schmidtke, James M ^a   Decker, Diane L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dishonesty; Job application; Lying

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548151189     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-007-9048-7     Document Type: Article

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