Development of a personality biodata measure to predict ethical decision making

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 664-682

  Manley, Gregory G ^a   Benavidez, Juan ^b   Dunn, Kristen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Bexar County Human Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodata; Decision making; Ethics; Personality measurement; Selection; Tests and testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848875180     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940710820091     Document Type: Article

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