Moral choice in an agency framework: The search for a set of motivational typologies

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 261-277

  Woodbine, Gordon Francis ^a   Taylor, Dennis ^b,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethical intentions; Finance sector operatives; Motivational typologies; Non egoistic representation of agency theory; People's Republic of China

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344472104     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-2583-0     Document Type: Article

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