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The social desirability response bias in ethics research

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Business Ethics, November 1991
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Title
The social desirability response bias in ethics research
Published in
Journal of Business Ethics, November 1991
DOI 10.1007/bf00383696
Authors

Donna M. Randall, Maria F. Fernandes

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Canada 3 1%
United States 3 1%
Germany 2 <1%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Other 5 2%
Unknown 261 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 60 21%
Student > Master 56 20%
Student > Bachelor 25 9%
Researcher 21 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 14 5%
Other 51 18%
Unknown 54 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Business, Management and Accounting 90 32%
Psychology 33 12%
Social Sciences 29 10%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 14 5%
Medicine and Dentistry 11 4%
Other 43 15%
Unknown 61 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 January 2022.
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#7,538,708
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#1,197
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#4,749
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#2
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