The effect of groupwork on ethical decision-making of accountancy students

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-228

  O'Leary, Conor ^a   Pangemanan, Gladies ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethics; Final year accountancy students; Groupthink; Training; Whistleblower

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548855059     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9248-5     Document Type: Article

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