An empirical test of the relationship between employee theft and low self-control

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 537-565

  Langton, Lynn ^a   Piquero, Nicole Leeper ^a   Hollinger, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 33746850571     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639620600781548     Document Type: Review

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