An organization's ethical climate, innovation, and performance: Effects of support for innovation and performance evaluation

Management Decision

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1250-1275

  Choi, Byoung Kwon ^a   Moon, Hyoung Koo ^b   Ko, Wook ^c  

^a LG Economic Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ethical climate; Financial performance; Innovation; Organization's innovation; Performance evaluation; South Korea; Support for innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879971389     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MD-Sep-2011-0334     Document Type: Article

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