Improving sales performance through ethics: The relationship between salesperson moral judgment and job performance

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1151-1160

  Schwepker Jr , Charles H ^a   Ingram, Thomas N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0030295691     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00412814     Document Type: Article

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