Agency and structure in budgeting: Thesis, antithesis and synthesis

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-199

  Kilfoyle, Eksa ^a   Richardson, Alan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 79951549487     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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