The sacred and the secular: Examining the role of accounting in the religious context

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-210

  Jacobs, Kerry ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting; Human nature; Narratives; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244396339     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570510588724     Document Type: Article

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