The goal of this study is to measure possible correlations between age, gender and education variables and the existence of cognitive biases in budgeting decisions. The concepts developed by Kahneman and Tversky about the heuristics were used as theoretical support for the base of this research....

Portuguese Abstract: Um domínio apropriado dos conceitos básicos da Contabilidade de Custos e uma análise das suas características são essenciais para o desenvolvimento da Teoria Contábil e para a tomada efetiva de decisões. Este trabalho buscou comparar a apresentação de tópicos...

The quest to understand the decision-making process, with the inclusion of cognitive aspects in organizational environments has provoked an increase of numerous studies in this area. At all times the human being is doing the action of making decisions, always envisioning the scope of a...

The aim of this study was investigate the heuristics presence in budgetary practices. The initial hypothesis highlighted was the heuristics use in budgetary processes, where the change in the level of bias was analyzed according to the level of individual's involvement. The second hypothesis...

Purpose – This research aimed to study the relationship between Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and performance improvement. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire was used as an instrument of data collection that was passed to managers of nonfinancial companies listed among the 500...