When does Ethical Code Enforcement Matter in the Inter-Organizational Context? The Moderating Role of Switching Costs

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-58

  Colwell, Scott R ^a   Zyphur, Michael J ^b   Schminke, Marshall ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Ethical code enforcement; Inter organizational relationships; Switching costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255123414     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0888-8     Document Type: Article

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