Is environmental uncertainty an antecedent or moderating variable in the design of budgeting systems? An exploratory study

International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-361

  Duh, Rong Ruey ^a   Chen, Hueiling ^b   Chow, Chee W ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antecedent variables; Budgeting systems; Environmental Uncertainty (EU); Moderating variables; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748442627     PISSN: 17408008     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAAPE.2006.010553     Document Type: Article

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