Examining the relationship between personality characteristics and unethical behaviors resulting in economic crime

Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-276

  Elliott, Rebecca T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminality; Economic crime; Personality traits; Type A B; White collar crime

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC CRIME; EXTRAVERSION; FRAUD; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INTROSPECTION; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUST; TYPE A BEHAVIOR; TYPE B BEHAVIOR; UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; WHITE COLLAR WORKER;

EID: 78651373470     PISSN: 15594343     EISSN: 19389000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1559-4343.12.3.269     Document Type: Article

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