Auditors' perceptions of client firms: The stigma of decline and the stigma of growth

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 193-213

  McKinley, William ^a   Ponemon, Lawrence A ^b   Schick, Allen G ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030077747     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-3682(95)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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