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WHY DO WE LIE? A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE DISHONESTY LITERATURE
Author(s) -
Jacobsen Catrine,
Fosgaard Toke Reinholt,
PascualEzama David
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of economic surveys
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.657
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1467-6419
pISSN - 0950-0804
DOI - 10.1111/joes.12204
Subject(s) - dishonesty , listing (finance) , psychology , sociology , positive economics , empirical evidence , epistemology , social psychology , computer science , management science , engineering ethics , economics , engineering , philosophy , finance
Abstract 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.