An examination of the association between gender and reporting intentions for fraudulent financial reporting

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-30

  Kaplan, Steven ^a   Pany, Kurt ^a   Samuels, Janet ^b   Zhang, Jian ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anonymous reporting channel; Fraudulentreporting; Gender; Non anonymous reporting channel; Whistleblowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349106412     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9866-1     Document Type: Article

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