Ethical values of executive search consultants

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 213-226

  Lim, Ghee Soon ^a   Chan, Claudia ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ethical expectations; Ethical inclinations; Ethics; Executive recruitment; Headhunters; Professional ethics; Search consultants; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035255720     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026449716344     Document Type: Article

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