Gender and ethics: Ethical judgments, ethical intentions, and altruism among healthcare professionals

Gender in Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-130

  Valentine, Sean ^a   Godkin, Lynn ^b   Page, Karen ^c   Rittenburg, Terri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Gender; Health services sector; Individual behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349456927     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542410910938808     Document Type: Article

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