Dominant personality types in public accounting: selection bias or indoctrinated?

Accounting Education

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 167-184

  Burton, Hughlene ^a   Daugherty, Brian ^b   Dickins, Denise ^c   Schisler, Dan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountants' personalities; hiring selection bias; indoctrination; Insights Discovery Personal Profile

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958522505     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639284.2015.1127768     Document Type: Article

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