Alternative accounting thought and the prison-house of metaphor

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-187

  Walters, Melissa ^a  

^a STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0345375412     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-3682(02)00054-5     Document Type: Article

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