The impact of presentation format and individual differences on the communication of information for management decision making

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-67

  So, Stella ^a   Smith, Malcolm ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting information; Cognition; Decision making; Gender; Information processing; Managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744484151     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900310454273     Document Type: Article

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