An empirical investigation into the role of personal-related factors on corporate travel policy compliance

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 451-461

  Douglas, Anneli ^a   Lubbe, Berendien A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Corporate travel; Corporate travel policy; Corporate travellers; Non compliance; Personal related factors; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949914795     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0167-0     Document Type: Article

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