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Ethical Behavior and Bureaucratic Structure in Marketing Research Organizations

1988; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 25; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/002224378802500111

1547-7193

O. C. Ferrell, Steven J. Skinner,

Management and Organizational Studies

The authors examine the relationship between bureaucratic structure and ethical behavior in research firms, data subcontractor organizations, and corporate research departments. The results suggest that the bureaucratic structure of the organization is related to ethical behavior; the nature of this relationship varies across the three types of research organizations investigated.