Mission possible: Do school mission statements work?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-110

  Davis, James H ^a   Ruhe, John A ^b   Lee, Monle ^c   Rajadhyaksha, Ujvala ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

Author keywords

Maccoby; Mission statements; Values development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845640626     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9076-7     Document Type: Article

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