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Licensing via Credentials: Replication Registered Report of Monin and Miller (2001) with Extensions Investigating the Domain-Specificity of Moral Credentials and the Association Between the Credential Effect and Trait Reputational Concern Cover

Licensing via Credentials: Replication Registered Report of Monin and Miller (2001) with Extensions Investigating the Domain-Specificity of Moral Credentials and the Association Between the Credential Effect and Trait Reputational Concern

International Review of Social Psychology
Volume 37 (2024): Issue 1
By: Qinyu Xiao,  Lok Ching Li,  Ying Lam Au,  See Ngueh Tan,  Wing Tung Chung and  Gilad Feldman  
Open Access
|May 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.945 | Journal eISSN: 2397-8570
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Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 18, 2024
Accepted on: Apr 30, 2024
Published on: May 20, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
moral licensing,
moral credentials,
morality,
replication,
reputation concern

© 2024 Qinyu Xiao, Lok Ching Li, Ying Lam Au, See Ngueh Tan, Wing Tung Chung, Gilad Feldman, published by Ubiquity Press
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