The effect of gender and academic discipline diversity on the ethical evaluations, ethical intentions and ethical orientation of potential public accounting recruits

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 250-270

  Cohen, Jeffrey R ^a   Pant, Laurie W ^b   Sharp, David J ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0007122510     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
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