RT Article T1 Are the elderly really machiavellian? A reinterpretation of an unexpected finding JF Journal of business ethics VO 13 IS 9 SP 757 OP 758 A1 Mudrack, Peter E. LA English YR 1994 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785605682 AB In an article published recently in theJournal of Business Ethics, Vitellet al. (1991) found that elderly respondents scored surprisingly high on a measure of Machiavellianism. This paper offers an alternative explanation for this unexpected result — it may be an artifact of the survey format employed — and recommends additional research to help clarify the issues raised by Vitell and his colleagues. K1 Unexpected Result K1 Additional Research K1 Alternative Explanation K1 Business Ethic K1 Economic Growth DO 10.1007/BF00881336