Performance evaluations based on financial information: How do managers use situational information?

Managerial Finance

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 46-65

  Rose, Jacob M ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Discounting; Outcome bias; Outcome effect; Performance evaluation; Situational factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645738168     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350410769119     Document Type: Article

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