Predictor of business students' Attitudes toward sustainable business practices

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 603-615

  Ng, Eddy S ^a   Burke, Ronald J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

attitudes toward sustainable business practices; individualism collectivism; leadership styles; Rokeach values

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955770476     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0442-0     Document Type: Article

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