Accountants in Japan: culture, organisational factors and job satisfaction

International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-102

  Yamamura, Jeanne H ^a   Stedham, Yvonne E ^a   Satoh, Michimasa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

accountant; accounting firm; Japan; job satisfaction; national culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049249573     PISSN: 17408008     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAAPE.2004.004144     Document Type: Article

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