The effects of management's preannouncement strategies on investors' judgments of the trustworthiness of management

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-444

  Cianci, Anna M ^a,c   Kaplan, S ^b,d  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings; Nonprofessional investor judgment; Preannouncements; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949109622     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9408-2     Document Type: Article

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