Deception in Business Networks: Is It Easier to Lie Online?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages 537-549

  Logsdon, Jeanne M ^a   Patterson, Karen D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

communication medium; computer networks; deception; electronic communication; issue moral intensity; moral intensity; social networks; unethical behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957287317     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0605-z     Document Type: Article

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