Ethical attitudes of future business leaders: Do they vary by gender and religiosity?

Business and Society

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 300-321

  Albaum, Gerald ^a   Peterson, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical attitudes; Future business leaders; Gender differences; Religiosity differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746622424     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650306289388     Document Type: Article

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