Gender, age, and ethical sensitivity: The case of Lebanese workers

Gender in Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-227

  Sidani, Yusuf ^a   Zbib, Imad ^a   Rawwas, Mohammed ^b   Moussawer, Tarek ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Gender; Lebanon; Middle East; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70049090239     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542410910950886     Document Type: Article

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