Restructuring the management accounting function: A note on the effect of role involvement on innovativeness

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-177

  Emsley, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Innovation; Innovativeness; Role involvement; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844398407     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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