An empirical investigation of the ethics position questionnaire in the People's Republic of China

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-210

  Redfern, Kylie ^a   Crawford, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Ethical ideology; Idealism and relativism; Regional comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043090656     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BUSI.0000024741.85399.0d     Document Type: Article

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