The contemporary gender agenda of the US public accounting profession: Embracing feminism or maintaining empire?

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 159-177

  Dwyer, Peggy D ^a   Roberts, Robin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting and domesticity; Accounting and empire; Accounting and gender; Imperialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346961477     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1045-2354(03)00003-0     Document Type: Article

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