The effects of a modest incentive on information overload in an investment analysis task

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 673-687

  Tuttle, Brad ^a   Burton, F Greg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 0033229158     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-3682(99)00017-3     Document Type: Article

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