Successful resume fraud: Conjectures on the origins of amorality in the workplace

Journal of Human Values

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-152

  Wexler, Mark N ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 59449084906     PISSN: 09716858     EISSN: 09730737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097168580601200203     Document Type: Article

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