Public accountants' field dependence: Canadian evidence

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 105, Issue 3 II SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 1127-1135

  Hicks, Elizabeth ^a   Bagg, Robert ^a   Doyle, Wendy ^a   Young, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ACCOUNTING; ADULT; CANADA; COGNITION; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOVA SCOTIA; OCCUPATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 40949096882     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.105.4.1127-1135     Document Type: Article

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