Survival and Growth as Organizational Goals: Implications for External Reporting: Evidence of Confusion The Decline of Profit Maximization Organization Goals--The Coalition Survival and Growth as Organization Goals Specific Implications for Accounting Summary and Conclusion NOTES

Psychologists and economists have written extensively on the subject of goals of individuals and firms, and accounting literature reveals that accountants also have an interest in this area. Writers in the field of accounting usually attempt an elaboration upon the relavence of individual and firm goals for...