Developing a measure of unethical behavior in the Workplace: A stakeholder perspective

Journal of Management

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 978-1008

  Kaptein, Muel ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business codes; Business ethics; Measure development; Stakeholder theory; Unethical behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849151208     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308318614     Document Type: Article

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