Measures of mentoring, department climate, and graduate student preparedness in the responsible conduct of psychological research

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-252

  Fisher, Celia B ^a   Fried, Adam L ^a   Goodman, Sabrina J ^a   Germano, Kaori Kubo ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Department climate; Ethics; Graduate education; Mentoring; Research; Responsible conduct of research

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449589113     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508420902886726     Document Type: Article

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