Performance measure and resource expenditure choices in a teamwork environment: The effects of national culture

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-138

  Awasthi, Vidya N ^a   Chow, Chee W ^b   Wu, Anne ^c  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; National culture; Performance measures; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032089306     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mare.1998.0073     Document Type: Article

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