Ethical evaluations and behavioural intentions of early career accountants: The impact of mentors, peers and individual attributes

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 619-643

  McManus, Lisa ^a   Subramaniam, Nava ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioural intentions; Early career accountants; Ethical evaluations; Mentoring; Peer influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249103021     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2009.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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