Relationships among perceived organizational core values, corporate social responsibility, ethics, and organizational performance outcomes: An empirical study of information technology professionals

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341-359

  Jin, K Gregory ^a   Drozdenko, Ronald G ^a  

^a WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate Social Responsibility; Information technology professionals; Organic and mechanistic organizational core values; Organizational ethics; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949919099     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0158-1     Document Type: Article

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