Testing the contingency 'fit' between management accounting systems and managerial performance: A research note on the moderating role of tolerance for ambiguity

British Accounting Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 331-342

  Chong, Vincent K ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0032325626     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bare.1998.0073     Document Type: Article

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