Competing ideologies in the accounting and industrial relations environment

British Accounting Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-75

  Brown, Judy A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0346383918     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bare.1999.0118     Document Type: Article

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