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Zamahani, M., Ahmadi, A., Sarlak, M & Shekari, H. (2012). Moving towards virtuousness in organization: An analysis of factors affecting virtuous organizations.Management Science Letters , 2(8), 2889-2902.
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Wright, T. A., & Goodstein, J. (2007). Character is not dead in management research: A review of individual character and organization-level virtue. Journal of Management, 33, 928–948.
Whetstone, J. T. (2005). A Framework for organizational virtue: The interrelationship of mission, culture and leadership. Business Ethics: A European Review ? 14(4), 367- 378
Barge, J., Kevin, & Oliver, C. (2003). Working with appreciation in managerial practice. Academy of Management Review.
Beauchamp, T. L., & Childress, J. F. (1994). Principles of Biomedical Ethics. New York: Oxford University Press.
Bright, D. S., Cameron, K. S., & Caza, A. (2006). The amplifying and buffering effects of virtuousness in downsized organizations. Journal of Business Ethics, 64, 249–269.
Cameron, K. (2003). Organizational virtuousness and performance, In Positive Organizational Scholarship. KS Cameron, JE Dutton and RE Quinn (eds.), San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.Cameron, K. S. (2010). Five keys to flourishing in trying times. Leader to Leader, 55, 45–51.
Cameron, K. S. (2011). Responsible leadership as virtuous leadership. Journal of Business Ethics, 98, 25-35.
Cameron, K. S., Bright, D., & Caza, A. (2004). Exploring The relationships Between organizational virtuousness and performance. American Beharioral scientist, 47, 766-790.
Caza, A., & Carroll, B. (2012). Critical studies and positive organizational scholarship. In K. S.
Cameron & G. M. Spreitzer (Eds.), Oxford handbook of positive organizational scholarship. New York: Oxford University Press.
Chappell, T. (1993). The soul of a business: managing for profit and the common good. New York, Bantam.
Collins, D. (2000). Virtuous Individuals, Organizations and political Economy: A new Age theological Alternative to capitalism. Journal of Business Ethics, 26, 319-340.
Comte-Sponville, A. (2001). A small treatise of the great virtues. New York: Metropolitan Books.
Cooper, T. L. (1987). Hierarchy, virtue and the practice of public Administration: A perspective for Normative Ethics. Public Administration Review, July/August , 320-328
Dutton, J. E., & Sonenshein, S. (2007). Positive organizational scholarship. In S. Lopez & A. Beauchamps (Eds.), Encyclopedia of positive psychology. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Dutton, J. E., Frost, P. J., Worline, M. C., Lilius, J. M., & Kanov, J. M. (2002). Leading in times of trauma. Harvard Business Review, January, 54–61.
Flynn, G. (2008). The Virtuous Manager: A Vision for Leadership in Business. Journal of Business Ethics, 78, 359–372.
Friedman, H. H., Friedman, I. W., & Kass-shraibman, F. (2008). Ethical Imperatives of CEO & apos; s: Creating the virtuous corporation. Journal oF Business systems Governance & Ethics, 3(4), 31-41.
Friedman, H. H., & Friedman, L. W. (2009). How virtuous is your firm? A checklist. Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and organization studies, 14(1), 14-20.
Ghosh, S., & Jintanapakanont, J. (2004). Identifying and assessing the critical risk factors in an underground rail project in Thailand: a factor analysis approach. International Journal of Project Management 22, 633–643.
Grimley, B. (2008). Costco CEO: Ethics Imperative. Kitsap Sum.
Hannah, S. T. & Avolio, B. J. (2011). Leader Character, ethos and Virtue: Individual and Collective consideration. The leadership Quarterly, 22, 989-994.
Ip, Po-keung (2002). the weizhi group of xian: A Chinese virtuous corporation. Journal of Business Ethics, 35, 15-26.
Lawler, E. E. (2004). Leading a virtuous – spiral organization. Leader to Leader, 32, spring.
Maak, T., & Pless, N. M. (2006). Responsible leadership in a stakeholder society—a relational perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, 66, 99–115.
Magill, R. G., & Prybil, L. (2001). Guidelines for organizational Ethics: The goal should be virtuous organizations with a Community Covenant. Health Progress, (july-August 2001), 12-14.
Manz, C. C., Cameron, K. S., Manz, K. P., Marx, R. D., & Neal, J. (2008). The Virtuous Organization: Insights from Some of the World Leading Management Thinkers. World Scientific Publishing Company.
Nepean, W. (2007). Virtuous Firms Perform Better: An Empirical Investigation of Organizational Virtues and Performance. Business Post Comment.
Neubert, M. J., Carlson, D., Kacmar, K. M., Roberts, J. A., & Chonko, L. B. (2009). the virtuous influence of ethical leadership behavior: Eridence from the field. Journal of Business Ethics, 90, 157-170.
Paine, L. S. (2003). Value shift. McGraw-Hill, New York.
Peterson, C. (2003). Classification of positive traits in youth, Promoting Positive Child, Adolescent, and Family Development. RM Lerner, F Jacobs and D Wertlieb (eds.), 4, 227–255.
Pless, N. M. (2007). Understanding responsible leadership: Role identity and motivational drivers. Journal of Business Ethics, 74, 437–456.
Rego, A., Ribeiro, N., Cunha, M., & Jesuino, J.C. (2011). How Happiness Mediates the Organizational Virtuousness and Effective Commitment Relation Ship. Journal of Business Research, 64, 524-532.
Saylor, F. (2005). Business benefit from a low-key spirituality. Science and Technology News, Retrieved from http://www.stnews.org/rlr-494.html
Schudt, K. (2000). Taming the Corporate Monster: An Aristotelian Approach to Corporate Virtue. Business Ethics Quarterly, 10(3), 711–723.
Seligman, M. E. P., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). Positive psychology: an introduction. American Psychologist 55, 5–14.
Snyder, C. R., & Lopez, S. J. (2002). Handbook of Positive Psychology. New York, Oxford University Press.
Sosik, J. J., Gentry, W. A., & Chun, J.U.K. (2011). The value of virtue in the upper echelons: A multisource examination of executive character Strengths and performance. The Leadership Quarterly, 1-16.
Trevino, L., & Weaver, G. (2003). Managing Ethics in Business Organizations: Social Scientific Perspectives. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Wright, T. A., & Goodstein, J. (2007). Character is not dead in management research: A review of individual character and organization-level virtue. Journal of Management, 33, 928–948.
Whetstone, J. T. (2005). A Framework for organizational virtue: The interrelationship of mission, culture and leadership. Business Ethics: A European Review ? 14(4), 367- 378