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The social desirability response bias in ethics research

Randall, Donna M., Fernandes, Maria F.·1991·Journal of Business Ethics
DOI 10.1007/bf00383696
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Authors
Randall, D. M., & Fernandes, M. F.
Venue
Journal of Business Ethics
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
1991-11
Volume
10
Issue
11
Pages
805-817
ISSN
  • 0167-4544 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-0697
DOI
10.1007/bf00383696
OpenAlex
W2079064050
Cited by
878
References
2
FWCI
20.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)

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