The association of demographic variables and ethical behaviour of information system personnel

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 3-10

  Banerjee, Debasish ^a   Jones, Thomas W ^b   Cronan, Timothy Paul ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

COMPUTER FRAUD; DEMOGRAPHICS; ETHICS; INFORMATION SYSTEM PERSONNEL; SCENARIO PLANNING;

PERSONNEL;

EID: 0030379832     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635579610114893     Document Type: Article

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