Honesty in managerial reporting: Is it affected by perceptions of horizontal equity?

Journal of Management Accounting Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 233-250

  Matuszewski, Linda J ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity; Experiment; Fairness; Honesty; Participative budgeting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961089482     PISSN: 10492127     EISSN: 15588033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/jmar.2010.22.1.233     Document Type: Article

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