Dimensions of ethical business cultures: Comparing data from 13 countries of Europe, Asia, and the Americas

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-315

  Ardichvili, Alexandre ^a   Jondle, Douglas ^b   Kowske, Brenda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^c Kenexa Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Cross cultural HRD research; Ethical business culture; HRD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856219997     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678868.2010.483818     Document Type: Article

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