African labour systems, maintenance accounting and agency theory: Some fundamental questions

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 393-407

  Wallace, R S Olusegun ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031206602     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cpac.1997.0122     Document Type: Article

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