Divergence between informant and archival measures of the environment: Real differences, artifact, or perceptual error?

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 268-277

  Doty, D Harold ^a   Bhattacharya, Mousumi ^b   Wheatley, Kathleen K ^c   Sutcliffe, Kathleen M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Measures; Mediating filters; Perceived environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344486968     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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