Audit category knowledge as a precondition to learning from experience

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 387-410

  Bonner, S E ^a   Libby, R ^a   Nelson, M W ^a  

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EID: 0031185046     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-3682(96)00049-9     Document Type: Article

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