Exploring prevention and perpetrator aspects concerning employee fraud in organisations

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 257-287

  Bryan, Lois D ^a   Smith, Alan D ^a  

^a ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

empirical; employee fraud and theft; factor analysis; perpetrator; prevention; strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644585480     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijmed.2005.006573     Document Type: Article

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