The joint moderating impact of moral intensity and moral judgment on consumer's use intention of pirated software

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 361-373

  Chen, Mei Fang ^a   Pan, Ching Ti ^a   Pan, Ming Chuan ^a  

^a TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Moral intensity; Moral judgment; Theory of planned behavior; Use intention of pirated software

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960830544     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0046-8     Document Type: Article

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