The Impact of Intrinsic Religiosity on Consumers' Ethical Beliefs: Does It Depend on the Type of Religion? A Comparison of Christian and Moslem Consumers in Germany and Turkey

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 319-332

  Schneider, Helmut ^a   Krieger, John ^b   Bayraktar, Azra ^c  

^a STEINBEIS UNIVERSITY BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Christianity; consumer ethics; Islam; religion; religiosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961210543     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0816-y     Document Type: Article

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