Supervisor Role Modeling, Ethics-Related Organizational Policies, and Employee Ethical Intention: The Moderating Impact of Moral Ideology

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 653-668

  Ruiz Palomino, Pablo ^a   Martinez Cañas, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ethical behavior; ethics related policies and procedures; Person situation interactionist approach; relativism universalism; supervisor's role modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860397591     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0837-6     Document Type: Article

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