The effects of cognitive misfit on students' accounting task performance

Issues in Accounting Education

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 979-998

  Honn, Darla D ^a   Ugrin, Joseph C ^b  

^a TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting task performance; Cognitive misfit; Cognitive strategy; Cognitive style

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870848234     PISSN: 07393172     EISSN: 15587983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/iace-50258     Document Type: Article

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