A multimethod approach to identifying norms and normative expectations within a corporate hierarchy: Evidence from the financial services industry

Management Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 203-217

  Burks, Stephen V ^a,b,c   Krupka, Erin L ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination game; Ethics; Fiduciary responsibility; Financial adviser; Financial services; Incentive compatible; Norms; Organizational fit; Survey; Vignette; Whistle blowing

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION GAME; ETHICS; FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY; FINANCIAL ADVISERS; FINANCIAL SERVICE; INCENTIVE COMPATIBLE; NORMS; ORGANIZATIONAL FIT; VIGNETTE; WHISTLE-BLOWING;

EXPERIMENTS; INDUSTRY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS;

FINANCE;

EID: 84856277938     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1478     Document Type: Article

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