Does national culture affect willingness to justify ethically suspect behaviors?: A focus on the GLOBE national culture scheme

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-138

  Parboteeah, K Praveen ^a   Bronson, James W ^a   Cullen, John B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GLOBE national culture; Hierarchical linear modeling; Unethical behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849133176     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595805054489     Document Type: Article

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