Values and person-organization fit: Does moral intensity strengthen outcomes?

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-19

  Andrews, Martha C ^a   Baker, Thomas ^b   Hunt, Tammy G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Ethics; Job satisfaction; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951535261     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437731111099256     Document Type: Article

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