The effect of interpersonal influence on softlifting intention and behaviour

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-161

  Tang, Jih Hsin ^a   Farn, Cheng Kiang ^b  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conformity; Financial gains; Group pressure; Information ethics; Softlifting; Software piracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244497901     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-004-2170-9     Document Type: Article

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