RT Journal Article
T1 Why do we lie? A practical guide to the dishonesty literature
A1 Jacobsen, Catrine
A1 Fosgaard, Toke Reinholt
A1 Pascual Ezama, David
AB Over the last decade, a massive body of research has been devoted to uncovering human dishonesty. In the present paper, we review more than a hundred papers from this literature and provide a comprehensive overview by first listing the existing theoretical frameworks, and then covering the common empirical approaches, synthesizing the demographic and personal characteristics of those who cheat, identifying the behavioural mechanisms found that affect dishonesty and finally we finish by discussing how the empirical evidence fit theory. Overall, the review concludes that many people behave dishonestly, but also that it is a highly malleable behavior sensitive to elements such as decision contexts, behaviour of others, state of mind and depletion. The review can be used as an overview of the dishonesty literature or as a guide or work of reference for selected topics of interest.
PB Wiley-Blackwell
SN 0950-0804
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/19034
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/19034
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 abr 2025