Auditing students' professional commitment and anticipatory socialization and their relationship to whistleblowing

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-294

  Elias, Rafik ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting; Ethics; Students; Whistleblowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949165746     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900810857721     Document Type: Article

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