Testing a model of cognitive budgetary participation processes in a latent variable structural equations framework

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-50

  Magner, Nace ^a   Welker, Robert B ^b   Campbell, Terry L ^c  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEAM International   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0011100035     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.1996.9729530     Document Type: Article

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