The Impact of Affective Information on the Professional Judgments of More Experienced and Less Experienced Auditors

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 361-377

  Bhattacharjee, Sudip ^a   Moreno, Kimberly ^a  

^a PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Audit judgment; Experimental design; Professional decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036397598     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.420     Document Type: Article

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