Impression managers: Nice guys or serious criminals?

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-31

  Davis, Christopher G ^a   Thake, Jennifer ^a   Weekes, John R ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Research Branch Correctional Service of Canada ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Impression management; Offenders; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857139262     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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