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To defy or not to defy: An experimental study of the dynamics of disobedience and whistle-blowing

Piero Bocchiaro Department of Psychology, University of Palermo, Palermo, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Philip G. Zimbardo Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Paul A. M. Van Lange Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pages 35-50 | Received 01 Sep 2011, Accepted 01 Dec 2011, Published online: 13 Jan 2012

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