Moral Development and Narcissism of Private and Public University Business Students

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-334

  Traiser, Shanda ^a   Eighmy, Myron A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

business education; ethics; higher education; moral development; narcissism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953044411     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0809-x     Document Type: Article

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