Normalized collective corruption in a transitional economy: Small treasuries in large Chinese enterprises

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 69-83

  Hung, Humphry ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Corruption; Guanxi; Small treasuries

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449130438     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9396-2     Document Type: Article

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