Corruption in Asia: Pervasiveness and arbitrariness

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-114

  Lee, Seung Hyun ^a   Oh, Kyeungrae Kenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbitrariness; Corruption; Pervasiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847378906     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-006-9027-y     Document Type: Review

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