Coping with ambiguity through the budget: The positive effects of budgetary targets on managers' budgeting behaviours

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 435-456

  Marginson, David ^a   Ogden, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 14244253709     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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