Self-serving bias or simply serving the self? Evidence for a dimensional approach to narcissism

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 942-946

  Tamborski, Michael ^a   Brown, Ryan P ^a   Chowning, Karolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Entitlement; Ethical decision making; Grandiosity; Narcissism; Optimism; Self serving strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862782797     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.01.030     Document Type: Article

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