Ethical perceptions of business students in a New Zealand university: Do gender, age and work experience matter?

Business Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-111

  Eweje, Gabriel ^a   Brunton, Margaret ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 80054933832     PISSN: 09628770     EISSN: 14678608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8608.2009.01581.x     Document Type: Article

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