Management Wisdom in Perspective: Are You Virtuous Enough to Succeed in Volatile Times?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 393-404

  Intezari, Ali ^a   Pauleen, David J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ethics; Innovation; Knowledge; Sustainability; The limitations of knowledge; Unpredictability; Virtue; Wisdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896395223     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1666-6     Document Type: Article

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