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The Evaluation of Internal Controls Over Payroll
Auditors’ evaluations of internal control over payroll systems based on profiles of system characteristics were studied using a quasi-experimental research design. Specific topics considered here included inter-auditor agreement (consensus),…
The Freedom of Information Act: Opportunities and Threats at the Competitive and Governmental Interfaces
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The Horizon Effects on Product Evaluation Strategies
A woman’s time horizons when evaluating product concepts(birth control devices) were varied. These variations produced changes in the linearity and complexity of the evaluation strategies used, and in the emphasis given to specific factors. Loss-…
The Impact of Organization Development
Little systematic evidence exists on the overall effects of Organization Development (OD). Thirty-five empirical studies assessing the impact of OD activities provide the basis for analysis. The impact of OD is assessed using a typology derived…
The Reliability of Estimated Beta Weights in Multiple Regression Studies
The reliability of beta weights estimated through the multiple regression procedure is defined as the ratio of the variance of the true beta weights to the expected variance of the estimated beta weights. Equivalently, reliability is (…
The Transmission of Control Through Organizational Hierarchy
This paper addresses the problem of control loss in hierarchies. Data on 215 departments(aggregated from 2,363 individual questionnaires) show that Behavior Control and Output Control differ sharply in transmission. Behavior Control shows almost…
A Theoretical Comparison of the Predictive Power of the Multiple Regression and Equal Weighting Procedures
The multiple regression procedure (MRP) is compared with the equal weighting procedure (EWP) which forces the estimated regression weight to be the same for each of the k predictors (independent variables) after orienting each predictor to be in…
A Theory of Competitive Equilibrium in Stock Market Economies
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Three Chief Executives: How Style Effects Results
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Toward Strategies for Marketing Home Energy Conservation
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Type Z Organization: A Better Match for a Mobile Society
Aspects of the “ideal types” of American (Type A)and Japanese (Type J) forms of organization are compared and related to their socio-cultural roots. A hybrid organizational “ideal type” (Type Z) which is particularly appropriate for many…
Types of Organizational Control and Their Relationship to Emotional Well-Being
Two ideal type representations of organizational control are presented. The Type A is derived from the prototypical American work organization and is characterized by highly specialized tasks, relatively high turnover, and by contractual…
Voters, Bureaucrats and Legislators: A Rational Choice Perspective on the Growth of Bureaucracy
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Wives' Labor Force Behavior and Major Family Expenditures
As the labor force participation of married women has increased dramatically since World War II, there has been increased speculation about the effect of wives’ employment on major family expenditures. This study examines working-wife (W-W) and…
An Application of Regression Smoothing for Forecasting Customer Utility Bills
This paper develops the methodology for regression smoothing models and then applies it to the problem of forecasting utility usage rates for individual customers in a city in Northern California. A class of models which use regression as a…
An Empirical Analysis of Differential Capital Market Reactions to Extraordinary Accounting Items
Corporations are required to disclose separately and distinctively measurements of transactions or economic events defined by the accounting profession to be extraordinary in nature relative to the typical operations of the firm. An assumption is…
An Empirical Study of the Professional Socialization of Accounting Students
The purpose of this paper is to investigate accounting student attitudes at one stage of the process of educating and orienting individuals to enter the profession of public accounting, i.e., the “professional socialization’ ” of accounting…