Perspectives on language, accountability and critical accounting: An interpretative perspective

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 755-779

  Lehman, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Discourse; Gadamer and Taylor; Habermas; Practical reason; Social accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746549284     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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