The relationship between machiavellianism and undergraduate student attitudes about hypothetical marketing moral dilemmas

Competitiveness Review

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 398-408

  Malinowski, Carl ^a  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Marketing strategy; Personality; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888833274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20513143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10595420910996019     Document Type: Article

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