Money is Power: Monetary Intelligence—Love of Money and Temptation of Materialism Among Czech University Students

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 329-348

  Lemrová, Soňa ^a   Reiterová, Eva ^a   Fatěnová, Renáta ^a   Lemr, Karel ^b   Tang, Thomas Li Ping ^c  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Palacký University   (Czech Republic)

^c MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Budget; College major; Czech Republic; Gender; Love of money (LOM); Materialism; Meaning of money; Monetary intelligence; Power; Reflective impulsive temptation; Vanity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911970842     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1915-8     Document Type: Article

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