Accounting, professions and regulation: Locating the sites of professionalization

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 415-444

  Cooper, David J ^a   Robson, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33744917554     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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