An examination of moral development within public accounting by gender, staff level, and firm

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 653-668

  Bernardi, Richard A ^a   Arnold Sr , Donald F ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0042926962     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.1997.tb00545.x     Document Type: Article

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