Managerial attitudes to risk: A comparison of Scottish chartered accountants and U.K. managers

Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 165-190

  Helliar, C V ^a   Lonie, A A ^a   Power, D M ^a   Sinclair, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Managerial attitudes; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036396399     PISSN: 10619518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1061-9518(02)00068-X     Document Type: Article

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