'Small acts of cunning': Bureaucracy, inspection and the career, c. 1890-1914

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 657-678

  McKinlay, Alan ^a   Wilson, Robbie Guerriero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Career; Control; Identity; Michel Foucault

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746902003     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2003.04.005     Document Type: Article

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