Agency effects and escalation of commitment Do small national culture differences matter?

International Journal of Accounting

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-45

  Salter, Stephen B ^a   Sharp, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency; Escalation of commitment; National culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347613637     PISSN: 10944060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7063(01)00084-X     Document Type: Article

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