Money, Emotions, and Ethics Across Individuals and Countries

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 163-176

  Wang, Long ^a   Murnighan, J Keith ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Culture; Emotions; Ethics; Income; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920955962     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1914-9     Document Type: Article

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