Developing and testing a measure for the ethical culture of organizations: The corporate ethical virtues model

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 923-947

  Kaptein, Muel ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 55249084713     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.520     Document Type: Article

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