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Boredom: The Forgotten Factor in Preventing Worldwide Fraud
Author(s) -
Hollow Matthew
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of corporate accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1097-0053
pISSN - 1044-8136
DOI - 10.1002/jcaf.21887
Subject(s) - boredom , commit , workforce , financial fraud , business , audit , hazard , resilience (materials science) , public relations , psychological resilience , accounting , psychology , political science , social psychology , law , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , database , computer science , thermodynamics
Are bored workers more likely to commit fraudulent offenses in the workplace worldwide? The author conducts research at the U.K.‐based Institute of Hazard, Risk, and Resilience. In this article, he reveals how a lack of stimulation—or want of productive engagement—among an organization's workforce can significantly increase the risk of financial fraud in the workplace. So CEOs, regulators, and auditors all need to pay greater attention to employees' job satisfaction levels. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.