Exploring Sarbanes-Oxley's effect on attitudes, perceptions of norms, and intentions to commit financial statement fraud from a general deterrence perspective

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 439-458

  Ugrin, Joseph C ^a   Odom, Marcus D ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77958497510     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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