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Erschienen in: Asian Journal of Business Ethics 2/2021

19.10.2021

Factors affecting ethical optimism of purchasing professionals in India

verfasst von: Satish P. Deshpande, Stephen (Steve) Newell, Johanan Collins

Erschienen in: Asian Journal of Business Ethics | Ausgabe 2/2021

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Abstract

This study examines the impact of various ethical climate types, dependency factors, and ethical training on ethical optimism of purchasing professionals (n = 151) in India. Instrumental and independence climate types had a significant negative impact on ethical optimism. Other climate types (professional, caring, rules, and efficiency) had no significant impact on ethical optimism. Among the dependency factors, while task uncertainty had a significant positive impact, monitoring had a significant negative impact on ethical optimism. None of the other factors significantly impacted ethical optimism.

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Metadaten
Titel
Factors affecting ethical optimism of purchasing professionals in India
verfasst von
Satish P. Deshpande
Stephen (Steve) Newell
Johanan Collins
Publikationsdatum
19.10.2021
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Asian Journal of Business Ethics / Ausgabe 2/2021
Print ISSN: 2210-6723
Elektronische ISSN: 2210-6731
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13520-021-00132-z

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