Portraying the nature of corruption using an explorative case study design

Public Administration Review

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 640-653

  De Graaf, Gjalt ^a   Huberts, L W J C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 44949201034     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2008.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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