The role of business ethics in merger and acquisition success: An empirical study

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-109

  Lin, Carol Yeh Yun ^a   Wei, Yu Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Job performance; Mergers and acquisitions; Organizational commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751541931     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9070-0     Document Type: Article

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