How personality and moral identity relate to individuals' ethical ideology

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-56

  McFerran, Brent ^a   Aquino, Karl ^a   Duffy, Michelle ^a  

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EID: 76949086319     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq20102014     Document Type: Article

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