Reexamination of the association between anonymity and self-interested unethical behavior in adults

Psychological Record

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-272

  Nogami, Tatsuya ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ikeura cho ^*  (Japan)

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EID: 67149092177     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395662     Document Type: Article

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