An interpretive mixed-methods analysis of ethics, spirituality and aesthetics in the Australian services sector

Business Ethics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-58

  Pick, Theodora Issaand David ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 80054797538     PISSN: 09628770     EISSN: 14678608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8608.2010.01605.x     Document Type: Article

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