Why or why not? Rationalizing corruption in organizations

Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 268-286

  Rabl, Tanja ^a   Kühlmann, Torsten M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Business ethics; Corruption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993038043     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527600910977355     Document Type: Article

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