Early Birds versus Just-in-Timers: The effect of procrastination on academic performance of accounting students

Journal of Accounting Education

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 223-232

  Rotenstein, Aliza ^a   Davis, Harry Z ^b   Tatum, Lawrence ^b  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Accounting students; Procrastination

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049311758     PISSN: 07485751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccedu.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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