Budget emphasis, participation, task difficulty and performance: The effect of diversity within culture

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-55

  Lau, Chong M ^a   Buckland, Christen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diversity within culture; Participation; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542462544     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2000.9729597     Document Type: Article

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