The Corporate Psychopaths Theory of the Global Financial Crisis

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-259

  Boddy, Clive R ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

corporate management; Corporate Psychopaths; leadership; The Global Financial Crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961210285     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0810-4     Document Type: Article

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