Management information changes and functional fixation: some experimental evidence from the public sector
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Functional fixation was found to occur when managers were presented with case studies concerning recommended selling prices. Evidence supported fixity in the conventional accounting sense, but was inconclusive in the original psychological sense. A comparison between the conception of functional fixation of psychologists and accounting researchers is drawn, and both have relevance to information systems.
Publication Name: Accounting, Organizations and Society
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0361-3682
Year: 1986
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Methodological problems in functional fixation research: criticism and suggestions
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Methodology analysis is used to illuminate problems with functional fixation research to date. An alternative methodology to studying fixation of users on outputs of accounting systems is presented. An emphasis is placed on the importance of continued research in this area, with reviewed methodology.
Publication Name: Accounting, Organizations and Society
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0361-3682
Year: 1986
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Image theory: an alternative description of audit decisions
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An alternative to the expected utility, and heuristics and biases models of decision making called image theory is described. Image theory incorporates decisions about adoption of goals, plans to achieve the given goals, and methods for reviewing the ongoing success of plans.
Publication Name: Accounting, Organizations and Society
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0361-3682
Year: 1989
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