Individual characteristics and ethical decision-making in an IT context

Industrial Management & Data Systems

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-20

  Haines, Russell ^a   Leonard, Lori N k ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Decision making; Ethics; Gender; Personality tests

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; ETHICS; GENDER; PERSONALITY TESTS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 33845763496     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570710719025     Document Type: Article

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