Moral character: What it is and what it does

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7-12-2014
Moral character: What it is and what it does
Taya R. Cohen
Carnegie Mellon University, [email protected]
Lily Morse
Carnegie Mellon University, [email protected]
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Research in Organizational Behavior, A. P. Brief & B. M. Staw (Eds.), 34.
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