Some personality correlates of business white-collar crime

Applied Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 220-233

  Blickle, Gerhard ^a   Schlegel, Alexander ^b   Fassbender, Pantaleon ^c   Klein, Uwe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c KPMG AG   (Germany)

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EID: 33644757648     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2006.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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