The Influence of Media Cue Multiplicity on Deceivers and Those Who Are Deceived

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-352

  Xu, David Jingjun ^a   Cenfetelli, Ronald T ^b   Aquino, Karl ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cue multiplicity; Deception; Interpersonal deception theory (IDT); Moral anger; Positive affect; Revenge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859008806     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1000-0     Document Type: Article

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