Purchasing agents' deceptive behavior: A randomized response technique study

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 455-479

  Robertson, Diana C ^a   Rymon, Talia ^a  

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EID: 0347665418     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/10.2307/3857849     Document Type: Article

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