The roles of personality and general ethical judgments in intention to not repay credit card expenses

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 813-834

  Ding, Cherng G ^a   Chang, Kuochung ^b   Liu, Na Ting ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

General ethical judgments; Locus of control; Not repaying credit card expenses; Personality; Risk taking propensity

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; DEBT; ETHICS; EXPENDITURE; FINANCIAL SERVICES; LENDING BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 70449602904     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060902749369     Document Type: Article

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