Accountants' job satisfaction: A meta-analysis

British Accounting Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-84

  Brierley, John A ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033095413     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bare.1998.0080     Document Type: Article

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