Do traditional chinese cultural values nourish a market for pirated CDs?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 88, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 185-196

  Wan, Wendy W N ^a   Luk, Chung Leung ^a   Yau, Oliver H M ^a   Tse, Alan C B ^b   Sin, Leo Y M ^b   Kwong, Kenneth K ^c   Chow, Raymond P M ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese values; Face consciousness; Intention to buy pirated CDs; Materialism; Other orientation; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349095155     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9821-1     Document Type: Article

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