This study examines the attributes of organizational rules that influence rule following. Rule following fosters organizational effectiveness by aligning individual behaviors with organizational preference. While a range of theoretical explanations has been offered for rule following, the...

This study examines the attributes of organizational rules that influence compliance. Rule compliance fosters organizational effectiveness by aligning individual behaviors with organizational preference. While a range of theoretical explanations has been offered for compliance behavior, the...

When it is discussed, accounting is often viewed as a technical subject that is often of little consequence to politics or political science. The cost of a project or the cost of a program is, however, an important political issue – especially in times of fiscal stress. So, while it is well...

The literature on business responses to state taxes traditionally holds businesses respond to tax differences through plant relocation and expansion planning. This literature is silent on the tradeoffs that businesses would make to a state's tax policy, if they could adjust the taxes to suit...