Experimental research method in a management accounting context

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-51

  Schulz, Axel K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Experimental realism; Experimental research method; External validity; Internal validity; Management accounting; Mundane realism

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849165552     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-629X.00016     Document Type: Article

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