Effect of business education on women and men students' attitudes on corporate responsibility in society

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-58

  Lämsä, Anna Maija ^a   Vehkaperä, Meri ^a   Puttonen, Tuomas ^a   Pesonen, Hanna Leena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitude; Business; Business education; Corporate social responsibility; Finland; Gender; Responsibility; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549101129     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9561-7     Document Type: Article

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