Moral Atmosphere and Moral Influence under China's Network Capitalism

Organization Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 449-478

  Snell, Robin ^a   Tseng, Choo Sin ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Communist; Ethics; Ideology; Leadership; Morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141860151     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840602233006     Document Type: Article

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