Management information changes and functional fixation: Some experimental evidence from the public sector

Paul Barnes; John Webb

doi:10.1016/0361-3682(86)90015-2

Management information changes and functional fixation: Some experimental evidence from the public sector

Paul Barnes^*, John Webb

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Abstract

Actual managers were presented with case studies concerning recommended selling prices. Evidence was found for functional fixation in the conventional accounting sense, but in the original psychological sense the results were inconclusive.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-18
Number of pages	18
Journal	Accounting, Organizations and Society
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0361-3682(86)90015-2
Publication status	Published - 1986

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