A structuration analysis of accounting systems and systems of accountability in the privatised gas industry

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-26

  Conrad, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting and accountability systems; Organisational change; Regulation of privatised industries; Structuration theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 17244368773     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1045-2354(02)00212-5     Document Type: Article

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