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Original Articles

The effects of budgetary knowledge and extrinsic motivation on the importance that managers attribute to their budgets

Los efectos del conocimiento presupuestario y la motivación extrínseca en la importancia que los directivos atribuyen a sus presupuestos

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Pages 47-71 | Received 12 Jun 2014, Accepted 11 Nov 2014, Published online: 06 Dec 2014

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