A Stakeholder Approach to the Ethicality of BRIC-firm Managers' Use of Favors

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-38

  McCarthy, Daniel J ^a   Puffer, Sheila M ^a   Dunlap, Denise R ^a   Jaeger, Alfred M ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blat Sviazi; BRIC countries; Ethicality of favors; Guanxi; Jaan pehchaan; Jeito

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864409950     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1377-4     Document Type: Article

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