Measuring accounting professionals' attitudes regarding alternative work arrangements

Behavioral Research in Accounting

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-71

  Johnson, Eric N ^a   Jordan Lowe, D ^b   Reckers, Philip M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative work arrangements; Organizational justice; Scale development; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857489310     PISSN: 10504753     EISSN: 15588009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/bria-50040     Document Type: Article

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