Understanding consumer ethical decision making with respect to purchase of pirated software

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 96-111

  Tan, Benjamin ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Computer software; Consumer behaviour; Decision making; Ethics; Perception; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347035583     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363760210420531     Document Type: Article

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