Sed quis custodiet? Employee theft in UK retailing

International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 845-859

  Bamfield, Joshua ^a  

^a Centre for Retail Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee behaviour; Fraud; Retailing; Shoplifting; Theft

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749380578     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550610710246     Document Type: Article

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