A meta-analytic investigation of business ethics instruction

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-151

  Waples, Ethan P ^a   Antes, Alison L ^b   Murphy, Stephen T ^c   Connelly, Shane ^b   Mumford, Michael D ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Articles included in Meta Analysis:; Business ethics; Ethics; Ethics instruction; Ethics training; Meta analysis; Training effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349123825     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9875-0     Document Type: Article

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