Detecting Honest People's Lies in Handwriting: The Power of the Ten Commandments and Internalized Ethical Values

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 389-400

  Tang, Thomas Li Ping ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cases; Culture; Detecting lies; Graphology; Handwriting analysis; Interpersonal communication; Language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859202127     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1015-6     Document Type: Article

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