Accountants' cognitive styles and ethical reasoning: A comparison across 15years

Journal of Accounting Education

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 185-196

  Abdolmohammadi, Mohammad J ^a   Fedorowicz, Jane ^a   Davis, Ophera ^b  

^a BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Davis Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive style; Ethical reasoning; Ethics education

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049261378     PISSN: 07485751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccedu.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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