Too tired to tell the truth: Self-control resource depletion and dishonesty

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 594-597

  Mead, Nicole L ^a   Baumeister, Roy F ^a   Gino, Francesca ^b   Schweitzer, Maurice E ^c   Ariely, Dan ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dishonesty; Motivation; Prosocial behavior; Self control

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049086601     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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