Ethical decision making in the public accounting profession: An extension of Ajzen's theory of planned behavior

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-181

  Buchan, Howard F ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Common methods bias; Ethical behavioral intentions; Ethical climate; Ethical sensitivity; Partial least squares; Planned behavior; PLS; Public accountants' ethics; Reasoned action

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444606854     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-0277-2     Document Type: Article

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