Predictors, consequence, and measurement of ethical judgments: Review and meta-analysis

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84-91

  Pan, Yue ^a   Sparks, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical judgments; Ethics; Meta analysis; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155135051     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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