Establishing Organizational Ethical Climates: How Do Managerial Practices Work?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 599-611

  Parboteeah, K Praveen ^a   Chen, Hsien Chun ^b   Lin, Ying Tzu ^b   Chen, I Heng ^b   Lee, Amber Y P ^b   Chung, Anyi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

communication; empowerment; organizational ethical climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649840820     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0527-9     Document Type: Article

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