The role of moral identity in the aftermath of dishonesty

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 219-230

  Mulder, Laetitia B ^a   Aquino, Karl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compensatory ethics; Lying; Moral identity; Moral self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876443225     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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