Investors' attitudes toward source credibility

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-33

  Schwarzkopf, David L ^a  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Financial reporting; Information media; Performance measurement (quality)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845940392     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900710715620     Document Type: Article

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