Examining culture's effect on whistle-blowing and peer reporting

Business and Society

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 462-486

  Zhuang, Jinyun ^a,b   Thomas, Stuart ^b   Miller, Diane L ^b  

^a IT Department   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Employees; Ethics; Fraud; Whistle blowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844499543     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650305281848     Document Type: Review

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