The relationship between two consequences of budgetary controls: Budgetary slack creation and managerial short-term orientation

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 609-622

  Van Der Stede, Wim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0034238938     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-3682(99)00058-6     Document Type: Article

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