Class reproduction in professional recruitment: Examining the accounting profession

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 569-596

  Jacobs, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038357690     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1045-2354(02)00140-5     Document Type: Review

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