A cross-sectional examination of levels of moral reasoning in a sample of Kuwait University faculty members

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 813-820

  Al Shehab, Ali J ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Defining Issues Test; Faculty members; Kuwait University; Moral reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036447398     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2002.30.8.813     Document Type: Article

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