Reflections on a contingent view of accounting

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-205

  Chapman, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031067694     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-3682(97)00001-9     Document Type: Article

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