Attitude toward and propensity to engage in unethical behavior: Measurement invariance across major among University students

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-93

  Chen, Yuh Jia ^a   Tang, Thomas Li Ping ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude toward unethical behavior; Business; Measurement invariance; Propensity to engage in unethical behavior; Psychology; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751522305     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9069-6     Document Type: Article

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