Ethical Climate and Managerial Success in China

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 527-534

  Deshpande, Satish P ^a   Joseph, Jacob ^b   Shu, Xiaonan ^c  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c WENZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; ethical climate; managerial success

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955482529     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0666-z     Document Type: Article

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