Religion, religiosity and slack creation: some empirical evidence / Shayuti Mohamed Adnan, Maliah Sulaiman

Given that the ethical paradigms and the personal characteristics of managers serve as internally mediated controls for slack creation, our study examines if religion and religiosity influence the propensity of managers to create budgetary slack. We focus on Islam primarily because Islam does not re...

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Main Author: Mohamed Adnan, Shayuti (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Accounting Research Institute, Faculty of Accountancy & UiTM Press, 2006-12.
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