Confucian culture and whistle-blowing by professional accountants: An exploratory study

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 504-526

  Hwang, Dennis ^a   Staley, Blair ^a   Chen, Ying Te ^b   Lan, Jyh Shan ^b  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accountants; Auditing; China; Confucianism; Ethics; Whistleblowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 44049099610     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900810875316     Document Type: Article

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