Reliance on management accounting under environmental uncertainty: The case of Palestine

Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-249

  Alawattage, Chandana ^a   Hopper, Trevor ^a   Wickramasinghe, Danture ^a   Pike, Richard ^c   Tayles, Mike ^d  

^a University of Bethlehem ^*

^b University of Bethlehem   (Palestine)

^c BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Management accounting; Palestine; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993017419     PISSN: 18325912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18325910710820283     Document Type: Article

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