Moral disengagement, the dark triad, and unethical consumer attitudes

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 123-128

  Egan, Vincent ^a   Hughes, Natalie ^b   Palmer, Emma J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dark triad; Machiavellianism; Moral disengagement; Narcissism; Personality; Psychopathy; Unethical consumer attitudes; White collar crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919926209     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.11.054     Document Type: Article

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