Modeling ethics: The impact of management actions on restaurant workers' ethical optimism

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 470-477

  Kincaid, Clark S ^a   Baloglu, Seyhmus ^a   Corsun, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical optimism; Management actions; Restaurants

Indexed keywords

EID: 43849096888     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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