The Effect of Manager's Moral Equity on the Relationship Between Budget Participation and Propensity to Create Slack: A Research Note

Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2005, Pages 139-165

  Maiga, Adam S ^a  

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EID: 33645863466     PISSN: 14751488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1475-1488(04)08006-8     Document Type: Review

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