Resisting organizational-level corruption: An interview with sherron watkins

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 275-289

  Beenen, Gerard ^a   Pinto, Jonathan ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67650822662     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMLE.2009.41788851     Document Type: Conference Paper

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