Ethical Manoeuvring: Why People Avoid Both Major and Minor Lies

British Journal of Management

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Shalvi, Shaul ^a   Handgraaf, Michel J J ^a   De Dreu, Carsten K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79951533584     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2010.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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