Rethinking Trait Conceptions of Social Desirability Scales: Impression Management as an Expression of Honesty-Humility

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Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 286-299

  de Vries, Reinout E ^a   Zettler, Ingo ^b   Hilbig, Benjamin E ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

BIDR; GPA; HEXACO; honesty humility; impression management; self deceptive enhancement; socially desirable responding

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STANDARDS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 84901040341     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191113504619     Document Type: Article

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