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Many forces at play: Ethical dilemmas in academic research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2021

Steven Zhou Open the ORCID record for Steven Zhou [Opens in a new window]  and
James G. Field
Steven Zhou*
Affiliation:
George Mason University
James G. Field
Affiliation:
West Virginia University – John Chambers College of Business and Economics
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*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , September 2021 , pp. 360 - 366
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