Employee theft and efficacy of certain control procedures in commercial food service operations

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 174-187

  Ghiselli, Richard ^a   Ismail, Joseph A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee crime; Employee deviance; Employee theft; Managerial policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958777156     PISSN: 10963480     EISSN: 15577554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109634809802200205     Document Type: Article

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