The role of the individual actor in different accounting research perspectives. The holistic individual image as a tool for analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-172

  Pihlanto, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accounting; Consciousness; Critical perspective; Decision maker; Holistic individual image; Human actor; Interpretive perspective; Mainstream perspective; Methodology; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037409065     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5221(02)00008-8     Document Type: Article

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