The effect of leadership style on the information receivers' reaction to management accounting change

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-124

  Jansen, E Pieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accounting change; Leadership style; Resistance; Support; Work satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956004051     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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