Is management theory too "self-ish"?

Journal of Management

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1127-1151

  Folger, Robert ^a   Salvador, Rommel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Washington Tacoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Moral judgment; Psychological egoism; Self interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049106855     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308324321     Document Type: Article

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