Individual difference variables, ethical judgments, and ethical behavioral intentions

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-205

  Bass, Kenneth ^a   Barnett, Tim ^a   Brown, Gene ^a  

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EID: 0000802810     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3857471     Document Type: Article

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