Individualist economic values and self-interest: The problem in the Puritan ethic

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 1573-1580

  Frey, Donald E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032346117     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005917301794     Document Type: Article

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