Predictors of usage intentions of pirated software

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-37

  Phau, Ian ^a   Ng, James ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Ethical beliefs; Integrity; Softlifting; Software piracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953537218     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0247-1     Document Type: Article

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