The Bright and Dark Sides of Religiosity Among University Students: Do Gender, College Major, and Income Matter?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 531-553

  Chen, Yuh Jia ^a   Tang, Thomas Li Ping ^b  

^a PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASPIRE; Corruption; Deception; Gender; Income; Machiavellianism; Major; Religiosity; Religious Orientation Scale; Theft; Unethical intentions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880075126     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1407-2     Document Type: Article

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