Developing Moral Decision-Making Competence: A Quasi-Experimental Intervention Study in the Swiss Armed Forces

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 452-470

  Seiler, Stefan ^a   Fischer, Andreas ^a   Voegtli, Sibylle A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

intervention study; leadership development; leadership ethics; moral decision making; moral development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859031745     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508422.2011.622177     Document Type: Article

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