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Journal of Business Ethics
Erschienen in: Journal of Business Ethics 4/2019

17.04.2017 | Original Paper

Everyday-Life Business Deviance Among Chinese SME Owners

verfasst von: Junzhe Ji, Pavlos Dimitratos, Qingan Huang, Taoyong Su

Erschienen in: Journal of Business Ethics | Ausgabe 4/2019

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Abstract

Despite its prevalence in emerging economies, everyday-life business deviance (EBD) and its antecedents have received surprisingly little research attention. Drawing on strain theory and the business-ethics literature, we develop a socio-psychological explanation for this deviance. Our analysis of 741 owners of Chinese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) suggests that materialism and trust in institutional justice affect EBD both directly and indirectly in a relationship mediated by the ethical standards of SME owners. These findings have important implications for researching deviant business behavior within SMEs.
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Metadaten
Titel
Everyday-Life Business Deviance Among Chinese SME Owners
verfasst von
Junzhe Ji
Pavlos Dimitratos
Qingan Huang
Taoyong Su
Publikationsdatum
17.04.2017
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Journal of Business Ethics / Ausgabe 4/2019
Print ISSN: 0167-4544
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0697
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3542-2

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