Base rate for employee theft: Convergence of multiple methods

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 756-763

  Wimbush, James C ^b   Dalton, Dan R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031506450     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.82.5.756     Document Type: Article

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