Does one size fit all? the sacred and secular divide revisited with insights from Niebuhr's typology of social action

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 238-254

  Hardy, Les ^a   Ballis, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting; Religion; Society

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244386469     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570510588742     Document Type: Article

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