The friendly financier: Talking money with the silenced assistant

Human Organization

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 292-300

  Molony, Thomas ^a,b   Hammett, Daniel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Ethics; Methodology; Research relationships

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ETHICS; FINANCE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 44849111844     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.66.3.74n7x53x7r40332h     Document Type: Article

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