Jurisdictional disputes over professional work: The institutionalization of the global knowledge expert

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 323-355

  Covaleski, Mark A ^a   Dirsmith, Mark W ^b   Rittenberg, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037403794     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-3682(02)00029-6     Document Type: Article

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