Cross-national Differences in Computer-Use Ethics: A Nine-country Study

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 673-687

  Whitman, Michael E ^a   Townsend, Anthony M ^b   Hendrickson, Anthony R ^c  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033274437     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490833     Document Type: Article

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