Finding the lost sheep: A panel study of business students' intrinsic religiosity, machiavellianism, and unethical behavior intentions

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 352-379

  Tang, Thomas Li Ping ^a   Tang, Theresa Li Na ^b  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tang Global Consulting Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics education; Intrinsic religiosity; Machiavellianism; Propensity to engage in unethical behaviors (pub); The love of money

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957717474     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508422.2010.491763     Document Type: Article

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