The effects of environmental factors on the behavior of chinese managers in the information age in China

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 629-639

  Chow, Wing S ^a   Wu, Jane P ^b   Chan, Allan K K ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation analysis; China; Environmental factors; Ethical behavior; Managers; Using computer at work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867141439     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-0022-8     Document Type: Article

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