Supervising the unethical selling behavior of top sales performers: Assessing the impact of social desirability bias

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 377-388

  Bellizzi, Joseph A ^a   Bristol, Terry ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical violations and employee supervision; Ethics in sales

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444404210     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-004-6589-9     Document Type: Article

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