Does Selection-Socialization Help to Explain Accountants' Weak Ethical Reasoning?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-81

  Abdolmohammadi, Mohammad J ^a   Read, William J ^a   Scarbrough, D Paul ^b  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive style; DIT; Ethical reasoning; MBTI; Selection socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347755439     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021691001119     Document Type: Article

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