Cross-cultural methodological issues in ethical research

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-104

  McDonald, Gael ^a  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Cross cultural research; Equivalence; Methodological issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034258839     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4311-0_10     Document Type: Article

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