Ethical attitudes and ethical behavior: Are managers role models?

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 687-703

  Kantor, Jeffrey ^a   Weisberg, Jacob ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behaviour; Ethics; Influence; Managers; Roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036946786     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720210453885     Document Type: Article

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