The Legacy Motive: A Catalyst for Sustainable Decision Making in Organizations

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  2010

• Venue

  Business Ethics Quarterly

• Publication date

  2010-04-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Business, Psychology

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  DOI 10.5840/beq201020214
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