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Factors affecting ethical optimism of purchasing professionals in India

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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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Deshpande, S.P., Newell, S.(. & Collins, J. Factors affecting ethical optimism of purchasing professionals in India. Asian J Bus Ethics 10, 315–329 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13520-021-00132-z

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