Effects of Nationality, Gender, and Religiosity on Business-Related Ethicality

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 573-587

  Peterson, Robert A ^a   Albaum, Gerald ^b   Merunka, Dwight ^c   Munuera, Jose Luis ^d   Smith, Scott M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^e BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

business ethics; ethics attitudes; future business leaders; gender differences; nationality differences; religiosity differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957689507     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0485-2     Document Type: Article

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