Digital piracy: Factors that influence attitude toward behavior

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-259

  Al Rafee, Sulaiman ^a,c   Cronan, Timothy Paul ^b,d,e,f,g,h  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c Information Systems College of Business Administration   (Kuwait)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^e Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation   (United States)

^f Enterprise Systems ^*  (United States)

^g Enterprise Systems   (United States)

^h Master of Information Systems Degree Programs   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude toward digital piracy; Ethical behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344460323     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-1902-9     Document Type: Article

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