Performance in tax research tasks: The joint effects of knowledge and accountability

Accounting Review

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-131

  Cloyd, C Bryan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Accountability; Information search and evaluation; Knowledge; Tax research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031288061     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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