Accounting in Babel? Constructing social accounting as a multi-logical performance

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 535-550

  Crowther, David ^a   Hosking, Dian Marie ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethical; Multi voiced; Power; Social constructionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 17844378999     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2003.06.005     Document Type: Article

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