Anomia and deviant behaviour in marketing: Some preliminary evidence

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 322-338

  Caruana, Albert ^a   Ramaseshan, B ^b   Ewing, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crime; Employee attitudes; Ethics; Fraud; Individual behaviour; Psychometric tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099525     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005526     Document Type: Article

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