Determinants of Moral Reasoning: Sex Role Orientation, Gender, and Academic Factors

Business & Society

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 241-265

  Lawton, Leigh ^a   Kennedy, Ellen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

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EID: 84997941565     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000765030104000302     Document Type: Article

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