Black sheep and walls of silence

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 65, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 387-408

  Muehlheusser, Gerd ^a   Roider, Andreas ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Misbehavior; Teams; Wall of silence; Whistle blowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149098791     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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