Some survey evidence on the learning and performance orientations of management accountants

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-135

  Coad, Alan F ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Involved management accountants; Learning orientation; Management accountants; New management accounting systems; Performance orientation; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033147682     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mare.1998.0083     Document Type: Article

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