Exploring notions of control across cultures: a narrative approach

European Accounting Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 515-547

  Scheytt, Tobias ^a   Soin, Kim ^b   Metz, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

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EID: 30844472979     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963818032000103015     Document Type: Article

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