The effects of gender and setting on accountants' ethically sensitive decisions

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 299-312

  Radtke, Robin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountants; Business; Decision; Ethics; Gender; Setting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034635922     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006277331803     Document Type: Article

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