How to behave ethically in a world of fads

Behavioral Interventions

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 307-324

  Schreck, Kimberly A ^a   Miller, Victoria A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78651495096     PISSN: 10720847     EISSN: 1099078X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bin.305     Document Type: Article

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