Exposing Enron: Media representations of ritualized deviance in corporate culture

Crime, Media, Culture

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-195

  Knottnerus, J David ^a   Ulsperger, Jason S ^b   Cummins, Summer ^a   Osteen, Elaina ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Organizational deviance; Structural ritualization theory; White collar crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749102204     PISSN: 17416590     EISSN: 17416604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741659006065405     Document Type: Article

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