The dialectics of consultancy

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 511-535

  Sturdy, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031257952     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cpac.1996.0119     Document Type: Article

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