Ethical Organisational Culture as a Context for Managers' Personal Work Goals

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 265-282

  Huhtala, Mari ^a   Feldt, Taru ^a   Hyvönen, Katriina ^a   Mauno, Saija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Corporate ethical virtues; Ethical culture; Managers; Personal work goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878177522     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1346-y     Document Type: Article

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