Accounting professionals and the accounting profession: Linking conduct and context

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-56

  Anderson Gough, Fiona ^a   Grey, Christopher ^b   Robson, Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0041549820     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2002.9728953     Document Type: Article

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