The impact of an ethical environment on managers' project evaluation judgments under agency problem conditions

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 473-488

  Booth, Peter ^a   Schulz, Axel K D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 1542613358     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-3682(03)00012-6     Document Type: Article

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