Do broad scope managerial accounting systems moderate the effects of budget emphasis, budget participation and perceived environmental uncertainty on the propensity to create budgetary slack?

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 90-96

  Linn, Gary ^a   Casey, K Michael ^a   Johnson, Gene H ^b   Ellis, T Selwyn ^b  

^a HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET EMPHASIS; MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING; MODERATING EFFECT; PERCEIVED ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; SEVERAL VARIABLES; SURVEY DATA;

MANAGERS;

BUDGET CONTROL;

EID: 0035601024     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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