An "American Dream" theory of corporate executive Fraud

Accounting Forum

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-215

  Choo, Freddie ^a   Tan, Kim ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Dream theory; Broken Trust theory; Corporate executive Fraud

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247587603     PISSN: 01559982     EISSN: 14676303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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