The Use of Personality Factors to Predict Fraud Tendencies

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Abstract

This study explores the use of personality factors to predict fraud tendencies in individuals by examining the following questions:
1. Which psychological factors influence an individual’s tendency to commit a fraud?
2. Among individuals’ rationalizations for committing fraud, which have the strongest association with fraudulent activity?

Authors

• George Carlos Gonzalez, University of Lethbridge

• Lori S Kopp, University of Lethbridge