Accounting students' sensitivity to attributes of information integrity

Issues in Accounting Education

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 867-893

  Berger, Leslie ^a   Boritz Efrim, J ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accounting students; Information integrity; Judgment; Judgment confidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870841101     PISSN: 07393172     EISSN: 15587983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/iace-50252     Document Type: Article

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