Erratum: Psychopathy, Academic Accountants' Attitudes toward Unethical Research Practices, and Publication Success (THE ACCOUNTING REVIEW (2015) 90:4 (1307-1332) DOI: 10.2308/accr-50970);Psychopathy, academic accountants' attitudes toward unethical research practices, and publication success

Accounting Review

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1307-1332

  Bailey, Charles D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting; Dark Triad; Fraud; Psychopathy; Research misconduct; Research publication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943525107     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: 15587967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/TAR-2024-0086     Document Type: Erratum

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