Moral hypocrisy: Impression management or self-deception?

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-62

  Lönnqvist, Jan Erik ^a   Irlenbusch, Bernd ^b,c   Walkowitz, Gari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformity; Impression management; Moral hypocrisy; Moral motivation; Personal values; Self deception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904704087     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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