Linking linear/nonlinear thinking style balance and managerial ethical decision-making

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-325

  Groves, Kevin ^a,c   Vance, Charles ^b   Paik, Yongsun ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Management ^*

Author keywords

Cognitive style; Emotion; Ethical decision making; Ethical philosophy; Intuition; Thinking style

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949123600     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9422-4     Document Type: Article

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