Construct measurement of evaluative style: a review and proposal

Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-107

  Noeverman, Jan ^a   Koene, Bas A s ^a   Williams, Roger ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accounting; Evaluation; Organizations; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992975092     PISSN: 11766093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/11766090510635398     Document Type: Review

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