Using Social Identity Theory to Predict Managers' Emphases on Ethical and Legal Values in Judging Business Issues

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 497-514

  Pearce II, John A ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Ethics; Influencing judgment; Issue contingent theories of identity; Legality; Organizational variables; Scenario development; Social identity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872823646     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1274-x     Document Type: Article

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