Management, accounting and cognition

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-49

  Busch, Tor ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accounting; Cognition; Goal; Management; Rationality; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031092519     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5221(96)00029-2     Document Type: Article

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