The effect of relationship and reward on reports of wrongdoing

Auditing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 32-35

  Schultz Jr , Joseph J ^a   Hooks, Karen L ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Fraud detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444386956     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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