Agents or stewards? Linking managerial behavior and moral development

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 239-249

  Martynov, Aleksey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent like behavior; Interest alignment; Moral development; Moral motivation; Steward like behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867143159     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0039-7     Document Type: Article

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