Greasing the Palm: Can Collectivism Promote Bribery?

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 843-848

  Mazar, Nina ^a   Aggarwal, Pankaj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

bribery; collectivism; corruption; cross national; culture; diffusion of responsibility; individualism; moral disengagement; morality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIME; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD;

COMMERCE; CRIME; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960470760     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611412389     Document Type: Article

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