East meets West: A meta-analytic investigation of cultural variations in idealism and relativism

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 813-833

  Forsyth, Donelson R ^a   O'Boyle Jr , Ernest H ^b   McDaniel, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; Idealism; International ethics; Meta analysis; Relativism; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349083666     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9667-6     Document Type: Review

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